Lewis on “Moral Busybodies”
I like C.S. Lewis’ work quite a bit. I happened across a quote from his work “The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment”, thanks to one of Jonah Goldberg’s readers, and I figured it was worth sharing with you. It is particularly appropriate these days.
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
I recommend the entire essay.
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