Friday, November 14, 2003

30 Libertarians and One Suicidal Man...

In an oral argument before the Supreme Court yesterday, Justice Antonin Scalia was questioning an attorney on duty. The justice proposes a hypothetical to him: Suppose a man jumps into the sea and intends to committ suicide. Thirty people each with a life preserver at their feet stand on the dock. They refuse to do anything. "I don't know," Scalia explains, "Maybe they're 30 libertarians."

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