When life in a democratic society grows morally corrupt, what are decent citizens to do? Is democratic freedom itself the problem? Is it true that what people most need is not to learn how to use freedom well, but to be organized rationally according to what justice requires, even in an absolutist government, if necessary? When the world is in crisis, it can be tempting to set up an authoritarian state—even a totalitarian one—to restore order...
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