It's My Right: What Are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic
The Thomistic Institute
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The Most Essential Natural Rights
Prudence will be essential in determining the precise claims that I can make about my natural rights and those of others. The other virtues will help me to do what prudence commands about my rights and about others' rights. If I have a right to do, demand, or possess something that necessarily implies that I have the freedom to do,demand, or possess it. This distinction seems undeniable. Although I have a natural right to form and maintain a stable functional family, I am not, at the moment, exercising that right. And suppose that I never find the right woman to marry. I'm getting a talk.
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