Life in a Revolutionary Decade in Britain (1649-1660) (Gresham College)
A presentation on British’s civil war that caused Thomas Hobbes to justify state as better alternative to the state of nature. Watch the Video
Month: March 2024
Empty classrooms (Sarah Mervosh, the New York Times)
A few years ago, a troubling phenomenon began to spread in U.S. education: Students were not showing up to school. This was not particularly surprising. Schools had shut down in the spring of 2020, at the start of the pandemic, and some did not fully reopen until fall 2021. Quarantines for Covid symptoms and exposures …
Property RightsA Practical Guide to Freedom and Prosperity (Terry L. Anderson and Laura E. Huggins)
Introduction to the Hoover Classics Edition “The specter of condemnation hangs over all property. Nothing is to prevent the State from replacingany Motel 6 with a Ritz-Carlton, any home with ashopping mall, or any farm with a factory.”—Justice Sandra Day O’Connor It has long been understood that secure property rightsprovide the foundation for a free …
Ethiopians report worsening economic conditions, increased poverty levels, Afrobarometer survey shows (Afrobarometer)
A majority of Ethiopians describe the country’s economic condition as bad, and fewer than half expect things to get better during the coming year, the latest Afrobarometer survey shows. The proportion of citizens who are satisfied with their personal living conditions declined by 13 percentage points compared to 2020, from 51% to 38%. More than …
THREE CONCEPTS OF NATURAL LAW (Miroslav Vacura)
Vacura, Miroslav (2022), “Three Concepts of Natural Law”, Philosophy and Society 33 (3): 601–620. The concept of natural law is fundamental to political philosophy, ethics,and legal thought. The present article shows that as early as the ancientGreek philosophical tradition, three main ideas of natural law existed,which run in parallel through the philosophical works of many …
Trump-Reagan Fusion Can Win the New Cold War (Peter Berkowitz)
Since Donald Trump’s rise within Republican ranks, conservatives have divided into two competing foreign policy camps. One contends that Trump’s approach suits the world in which we live and supersedes previous GOP national security and foreign affairs outlooks. A smaller contingent contends that Ronald Reagan’s understanding of America and his conduct of diplomacy remain the …
I’m not voting for Trump or Biden. You want my vote? Choose better candidates. (Dace Postas)
Shortly after Nikki Haley dropped out of the GOP presidential primary, I wrote a column stating that despite being a conservative, I won’t vote for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden. Despite dozens of furious emails proclaiming that I am not a real conservative, that I am some secret Democrat, or encouraging me to vote Biden, I have …
Development of Natural Law theory ( )
The natural thing in the theory of natural law is its universal applicability. It is considered divine law, eternal law and the law of nature. Natural law is the product of reason. It has been gone through different stages and it is defined by men in different ways. Morality is the central idea of this …
Aristotle on Natural Law (Max Salomon Shellens)
WHEN DISCUSSING LAW AND JUSTICE philosophers and historians almost invariably claim that Aristotle’ is the father of natural law. The truth of thisclaim will not be contested here. However, without a clear understanding ofwhat Aristotle meant by the expression “natural law,” the claim that he wasthe father of natural law has little significance.4vov Read more
ARISTOTLE’S INFLUENCE ON THE NATURAL LAWTHEORY OF ST THOMAS AQUINAS (Simona Vieru)
Abstract This paper will compare Aristotle’s Natural Law theory with St Thomas Aquinas’ Natural Law theory in order to examine the extent of Aristotle’s influence on the Natural Law theory of Aquinas. By focusing on the context of each philosopher, the author will argue that, although Aquinas was profoundly influenced by Aristotelian ideas, he was …