If individuals are told that they will always be relieved from their mistakes, they are that much more likely to make mistakes in the short run and that much less likely to take steps to improve their own competence in the long run.
(Richard A. Epstein, "Libertarianism and Character," chap. 4 in Varieties of Conservatism in America, ed. Peter Berkowitz [Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 2004], 75-102, at 90)
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 