
It's My Right: What are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have? | V. Bradley Lewis
The Thomistic Institute
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Relationship Between Natural Law and Natural Rights According to Aquinas
The chapter delves into Thomas Aquinas's definition of natural law as a participation in the eternal law through human reason and free will, reflecting a divine image. It explains how natural law encompasses virtues, moral rules, and rights, positing that rights stem from obligations derived from natural law. Aquinas's distinction between natural rights, positive rights, and rights of nations is explored, emphasizing the basis of natural rights in relationships derived from nature itself.
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