Interesting essay. More generally it seems to be a reaction against a perceived authoritarian-Leftist tendency to view people as programmable cogs in the machin

Interesting essay. More generally it seems to be a reaction against a perceived authoritarian-Leftist tendency to view people as programmable cogs in the machine of society. Cogs that can be reprogrammed to make everything run more smoothly. In some sense it strikes at the core distinction between deontological and utilitarian ethics (as I understand those terms). I wonder what he would think of the "Bastoy" prison island in Norway: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/feb/25/norwegian-prison-inmates-treated-like-people https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/feb/25/norwegian-pr...