"“An angry individualism without worthwhile individuality.”
—Theodore Dalrymple."
Thanks for pointing that out. Great essay.
How often, these days, does one have the opportunity to read a sentence like, "It is a wearisome business trying to prove from first epistemological principles in every instance of minor public misconduct that it is morally wrong, especially when every failure to make the case is a justification for further such misconduct"?