PHILOS 1B03 Lecture 9: Philo 1B03 Oct 6
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Judicial review & states of emergency: charter of rights & ulysses, constitutions are chains with which men bind themselves in their sane moments, that they may not die by a suicidal hand in the day of their frenzy us senator john stockton (1817, rhetoric and reality, rhetoric: charters most important in emergency situations; fear & prejudice; rights violations more likely, reality: charters seem least effective during times of emergency, paradox: charters lets us down when we need them most, some emergency situations: the ticking time bomb, a situation where someone"s rights are violated to save the lives of others.