Thursday, February 09, 2012

Russell Hittinger on the Nation State and Rights

You will now have to register in order to have access to the ISI lectures now. I listened to his lecture while on a hike this afternoon. It's rather good; I am not sure if he has written his thoughts somewhere. He mentions First Grace, but I do not think he provides an extended account of how the appeal to rights to limit the power of the modern nation-state was subverted to give primacy to individual autonomy in positive law.

Is Natural Law Still Relevant? Notes on a Paradox

Also of interest:
Natural Law, God, and Human Dignity by Robert P. George

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