The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America
In The Death of Common Sense, Philip K. Howard explores how law and regulation can overwhelm practical judgment in America. The book questions whether increasingly rigid rules protect society or instead discourage responsibility, flexibility, and ordinary common sense.
About This Book
The Death of Common Sense examines the relationship between law, public life, and individual judgment in America.
Philip K. Howard argues that an overreliance on detailed rules can weaken common sense and personal responsibility.
The book considers how legal systems and procedures may shape everyday decisions and public institutions.
Its central concern is the balance between necessary rules and the discretion required to respond to real-world circumstances.
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