Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Publication Information
3 Ave Maria L. Rev. 259 (2005)
Abstract
In this article, we will examine the natural law conception that rights are rooted in human nature, which nature itself is of divine origin through creation. We will compare this natural law concept to the premises and social consequences of the secular, relativist, and individualist approaches common to the jurisprudence of the Enlightenment. This article will offer the conclusion that only a grounding of right in the nature of persons as immortal beings created by God can offer moral and cultural security against the depersonalization characteristic of regimes premised on a relativist individualism.
Recommended Citation
Charles E. Rice,
Rights and the Need for Objective Moral Limits,
3 Ave Maria L. Rev. 259 (2005).
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Comments
Reprinted with permission of Ave Maria Law Review.