So we’ve been discussing the proper role of the state on this blog recently, particularly as it relates to the legalization of marijuana. This discussion, in all of its unfortunate snarkiness and nastiness (to which I freely admit having contributed, not that I’m proud of it) is really a discussion on the proper role of […]
Posts Tagged ‘role of government’
The Origins and Role of Government
Posted by Bonchamps on December 2nd, 2012
Wikatechesis™ – Catholic Teaching on Subsidiarity
Posted by Chad Simpson on October 2nd, 2012

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Subsidiarity is an organizing principle that matters ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority. Political decisions should be taken at a local level if possible, rather than by a central authority. The Oxford English Dictionary defines subsidiarity as the idea that a central authority […]