This was first posted on For Freedom’s Sake on February 12, 2009 and deserves attention again. Since it is indisputable, that our great country was founded on the principles of rights granted by God, the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and a limited government which as John Locke would argue, receives [...]
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John Locke’s Influence on The Declaration of Independence
I discovered John Locke some time ago, but in discovering Greg Forster, I have grown to better understand Locke and appreciate his exhaustive grasp of human nature, philosophy, theology and the historic setting of his life and times and his impact on the principles of our constitutional republic. For Freedom’s Sake was launched for the [...]
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The Nature of Natural Law
by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D. “The expression ‘life, liberty, and property’ in the Fourteenth Amendment reflects the influence of natural law theory. The Bill of Rights assumes a doctrine of natural and unalienable rights. “A law which is not just is a law in name only,” says Augustine.” Most people are confused by the use [...]
Posted in Natural Law Also tagged Aquinas, Aristotle, Augustine, Bill of Rights, Cicero, Fourteenth Amendement, Greek Philosophy, Hegel, Kant, Laws of Nature, Mortimer J. Adler, Natural Law, Plato Leave a comment
John Locke on Liberty and Freedom
The “Second Treatise of Government,” written by John Locke, was composed between 1685 and 1688. His ideas had a great influence on the thinking of our founding fathers. While meditating on the following quote, ask yourself, where am I currently being affected by a violation of Locke’s idea of, “a standing rule to live by, [...]
Posted in Freedom Philosophy, Laws of Nature Also tagged Laws of Nature, Natural Law, Natural Liberty, Second Treatis of Governmente 6 Comments
