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 [...]
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The Nature of Natural Law
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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, [...]
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