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Natural Rights: The Declaration's Central Claim
Season 6
Episode 13
Published 2 weeks ago
Description
What are natural rights, and why, without them, are the ideas in the Declaration of Independence empty without them?
Americans talk a lot about rights, but natural rights are the foundation of them all, and all the Declaration’s assertions and ideals flow from them. Jeff discusses what they are, how they relate to government, and why the are at the core of what Jefferson called ‘the American mind.”
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Host: Jeff Sikkenga
Executive Producer: Jeremy Gypton
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