The Rise of Legalism

A recurrent fact of civilisations in decline: a worship of Legalism that hollows out our moral centre.

A growing cynicism towards people as moral beings is implicit in legalistic doctrine with its presumption of men and women as solely egoistic creatures motivated by punishment and reward. Consequently, the legislature becomes the supreme tool for shaping society and that body’s acts a considered deliberation in defining good and bad as synonyms for gra…