
What are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have? | Professor V. Bradley Lewis
The Thomistic Institute
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The Origins of Natural Rights
Aquinas says there is a natural law precept that orders us to respect human life. The intentional killing of innocent persons is always wrong, he writes. Parents have a duty to educate their children; they thus have a right to an education. Aquinas also holds that reproduction and the care of offspring are natural goods for human beings.
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