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Ep. 306: Dworkin and the Dobbs Decision (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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Are the Distasteful Consequences of a Big Am Me Law?

As a lawyer, I instinctively recoil when someone tries to argue for the application of a legal principle that if applied consistently would lead to results that feel very distasteful. That's something that doesn't feel like courts would be comfortable with. In making a legal argument, construct it in a way that puts up parameters that prevent distasteful outcomes from naturally occurring.

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