
It's My Right: What Are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic
The Thomistic Institute
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Natural Rights
In the name of my natural right to preserve my life, can I take from others what they need to preserve their lives? It depends on the contents. Because there's a hierarchical order to our natural rights based on the hierarchy of natural goods and natural law precepts, it can happen that I will have to forego some natural right. For instance, I may have to give up my life. This may be required by the good of the political community or the good of religion. But obviously, saying this is not at all to say that we must respect every claim that something is a natural right. Do I have a natural right to say whatever I wish? I do not. Some people
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