Dear visionaries,
Anthony writes that “restorative justice is a value driven approach.” This is correct, because everything is a value-driven approach. And we return to the question that folks in this pluralistic little town of ours do not want to face squarely. Whose values? Why?
Societies cannot function unless certain values are imposed and others are rejected. Whose values are worthy to be imposed by the force of law? Whose values are weighed in the balances and found wanting? Are these values fixed or do they fluctuate? Still curious after all this time. Just naturally inquisitive, I guess.
Cordially,
Douglas Wilson
“Apologetics in the Void” are repostings from an on-going electronic discussion and debate I had some time ago with members of our local community, whose names I have changed. The list serve is called Vision 20/20, and hence the name “visionaries.” Reading just these posts probably feels like listening to one half of a phone conversation, but I don’t feel at liberty to publish what others have written. But I have been editing these posts (lightly) with intelligibility in mind.