Interesting article albeit a bit dated at this point.
The person makes a good argument that the rule of law doesn't apply to the powerful, and nothing has changed since then. As with any argument along these lines, inherent in that argument is an indictment that we no longer have a "rule of law", and inherent in that is instead we have a "rule by law", as any other dictatorship might have.
Many educated people today understand that the major benefit society receives from a functioning rule of law is through non-violent conflict resolution. Some argue the primary purpose is for this, and for you to have the former, there are a few components that must exist; None more important than equality under the law.
Would company leaders engaging in criminal acts at these levels continue such criminality if they knew that by doing so they would win so much that they lose?
Many times in history, when the rule of law breaks down, vigilantism occurs in what people have come to call the brass verdict. This is not a good thing, but it does happens when the rule of law fails and the abuses are great.
Would a psychopath operating at those executive levels still do as they did if they knew the consequence might be their lives?, they'd never know beforehand for sure; so most likely they would but still its good food for thought to know about these things.
If we can't correct the underlying broken systems, the alternative has happened throughout history.
The person makes a good argument that the rule of law doesn't apply to the powerful, and nothing has changed since then. As with any argument along these lines, inherent in that argument is an indictment that we no longer have a "rule of law", and inherent in that is instead we have a "rule by law", as any other dictatorship might have.
Many educated people today understand that the major benefit society receives from a functioning rule of law is through non-violent conflict resolution. Some argue the primary purpose is for this, and for you to have the former, there are a few components that must exist; None more important than equality under the law.
Would company leaders engaging in criminal acts at these levels continue such criminality if they knew that by doing so they would win so much that they lose?
Many times in history, when the rule of law breaks down, vigilantism occurs in what people have come to call the brass verdict. This is not a good thing, but it does happens when the rule of law fails and the abuses are great.
Would a psychopath operating at those executive levels still do as they did if they knew the consequence might be their lives?, they'd never know beforehand for sure; so most likely they would but still its good food for thought to know about these things.
If we can't correct the underlying broken systems, the alternative has happened throughout history.