JONATHAN BOUCHER
The great fallacy of course is who decides what is right. What is noteworthy is that this political and philosophical view of liberty still exists in much of the world today. There is no need for rights or constitutions to protect people if they do things that are “right”. It is only when we do something that the authorities or the majority think is “wrong” that we need the protection of rights and constitutions.
This is the classic religious defense of the civil status quo regardless of reasonableness. This is a very similar view to that of Islam with respect to bad rulers. The Muslim is told to tolerate bad government unless the government is not supporting Islam.
Rev. Jonathan Boucher (pronounced Boo-Shay), FRSE, FSA was an English clergyman, teacher, preacher and philologist.
