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Can Government Legislate Morality?
Passing a law is easy. The costs begin when government tries to enforce it.
In this episode, Lee Ellis asks a more demanding question than whether a policy sounds good: Will it improve society enough to justify the police, courts, penalties, opportunity costs, and unintended consequences required to make it work?
From the difference between law and morality to the limits of coercion, the episode argues that legislation should be treated as a costly instrument—not as a symbolic declaration of good intentions.
Read the companion article, “The Cost of Legislation”…
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