{"product_id":"the-proportionality-delusion-why-equal-protection-breaks-when-human-life-becomes-conditional-a-libertarian-constitutional-critique-of-bodily-autonom-9798198666276","title":"The Proportionality Delusion: Why Equal Protection Breaks When Human Life Becomes Conditional: A Libertarian Constitutional Critique of Bodily Autonom","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Strauss\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Human Rights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Proportionality Delusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy Equal Protection Breaks When Human Life Becomes Conditional\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Libertarian Constitutional Critique of Bodily Autonomy, Liability, and the Collapse of Legal Personhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA constitutional republic does not collapse through sudden revolution. It collapses through definition changes-slow shifts in how law decides who counts as a \"person,\" and therefore who is entitled to protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eThe Proportionality Delusion\u003c\/b\u003e, Michael Strauss presents a rigorous philosophical and legal critique of modern rights theory, arguing that the foundations of equal protection in the United States are being undermined by conditional interpretations of human value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from libertarian philosophy, the Non-Aggression Principle, legal liability theory, and constitutional equal protection doctrine, this book challenges the modern reliance on proportionality, viability standards, and bodily autonomy absolutism when applied to questions of innocent human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the argument is a single claim: \u003cb\u003erights are either inherent to human existence, or they are not rights at all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside this book: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Non-Aggression Principle and the foundations of liberty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsent, foreseeability, and legal responsibility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe collapse of equal protection under conditional personhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe instability of viability as a legal standard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe limits of bodily autonomy when another life exists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy proportional balancing undermines absolute rights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe role of government in defining-or recognizing-personhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a policy pamphlet. It is a structural critique of modern legal reasoning itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether one agrees or disagrees with its conclusions, \u003cb\u003eThe Proportionality Delusion\u003c\/b\u003e forces a direct confrontation with the question underlying all constitutional law: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoes the word \"human\" still guarantee equal protection under law-or only selective recognition?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890150588567,"sku":"9798198666276","price":1663.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198666276.webp?v=1781178961","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-proportionality-delusion-why-equal-protection-breaks-when-human-life-becomes-conditional-a-libertarian-constitutional-critique-of-bodily-autonom-9798198666276","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}