Published Date: July 30, 2011 | Topics: Constitutional Issues, Politics and Current Affairs
By Robert George On Friday, it was reported that Texas governor (and possible presidential candidate) Rick Perry had expressed the view that if Roe v. Wade were to be overturned, the legality of abortion would have to be decided at the state level. “You either have to believe in the 10th Amendment or you don’t,” Perry was […]
Published Date: August 1, 2008 | Topics: Natural Law, Philosophy
Theories of natural law propose to identify fundamental aspects of human well-being and fulfillment (“basic human goods”), and norms of conduct entailed by their integral directiveness or prescriptivity (“moral norms”). Propositions picking out basic aspects of human flourishing are directive (prescriptive) in our thinking about what to do or refrain from doing (our practical reason)—they […]