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Hmm, my sense of Rousseau is that he wouldn't be as relativist as your writing suggests. There is in Rousseau's thought a higher law. We can't just get away with socially constructed law that's not grounded in reality.

And common law, what I would think of as the best and most durable kind of law applies to rulers and ruled alike. No Senator will be arrested for DUI, but no one will argue that is not a corruption, and abuse of power.

I think we are wandering into questions of the rule of law (one of humanities better ideas) rather than honesty. But would I agree that dishonesty erodes the rule of law, yes. And that it's a bad situation when all are not equal before the law. Absolutely.

But a lot of that is beyond my control. I'm just trying to get my own thoughts and house in order.

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