HL 127 – Jamie Raskin – David Remnick – Tommy Raskin – Three Utilitarians
The greatest good for the greatest number, J. Bentham’s formula, further developed by J.S. Mill, was the core of a once in a lifetime interview of Congressman Jamie Raskin by David Remnick of The New Yorker. Only 18 minutes, here it is. Going in, the listener expected that center stage would be Raskin’s extraordinarily comprehensive and skillful prosecution of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The New Year’s Eve suicide of Raskin’s son Tommy would only be a powerful reminder of how hard Raskin’s job was and how selfless he had been to accept it. David Remnick But the historic trial, which after all was watched in whole or part by tens of millions, was merely backdrop to how three utilitarians conducted [...]