From Wikipedia:
Causality is the relationship between an event (the cause) and a second event (the effect), where the second event is a consequence of the first.
The philosophical treatment of causality extends over millennia. In the Western philosophical tradition, discussion stretches back at least to Aristotle, and the topic remains a staple in contemporary philosophy. Aristotle distinguished between accidental (cause preceding effect) and essential causality (one event seen in two ways). Aristotle's example of essential causality is a builder building a house. This single event can be analyzed into the builder building (cause) and the house being built (effect).
Aristotle also had a theory that answered the question "why?" in four different ways. The first was material cause, next was formal cause, then efficient cause, and lastly was final cause. These rules are known as "Aristotle's four causes"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CausalityBut in Rand Paul's world, Causality does not apply to businesses, especially in regard to tragic events such as mine explosions and the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster:
On the oil spill, Paul, a libertarian and tea party favorite, said he had heard nothing from BP indicating it wouldn't pay for the spill that threatens devastating environmental damage along the Gulf of Mexico coast.
"And I think it's part of this sort of blame-game society in the sense that it's always got to be somebody's fault instead of the fact that maybe sometimes accidents happen," Paul said.
The Senate candidate also referred to a Kentucky coal mine accident that killed two men, saying he had met with the families and he admired the coal miners' courage.
"We had a mining accident that was very tragic. ... Then we come in and it's always someone's fault. Maybe sometimes accidents happen," he said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37273085/ns/politics-decision_2010/That's right, no need for OSHA regulations or tort law, because according to Paul, "Shit Happens".
Really.
Dear Kentucky voter,
Your life and safety isn't worth squat against the profits of corporations, according to Rand Paul.
Sincerely,
Common Sense.
I really think that the more this deluded fool opens his mouth the better our chances of sending another Democrat to the Senate.
More Rand Paul interviews please.