What are the natural rights implications of pandemics and global health crises

Renowned political theorist Michael P. Zuckert examines the natural rights philosophy as expressed in sources like the Declaration of Independence. Natural rights were those rights vested in people by natural law. So, for example, John Locke held that God's natural law provided that 'no one ought to harm ... Aug 24, 2020 ... Our chances of maintaining America's natural‐ rights tradition are far better if we ground our rights not on religious belief but on reason, common to all, as ... Apr 26, 2025 ... Locke believed individuals are naturally endowed with these rights (to life, liberty, and property) and that the state of nature could be relatively peaceful. Mar 18, 2012 ... At the most general level, we are all obliged to refrain from interfering with others' attempts to fulfill the various moral obligations placed ... Mar 25, 2023 ... Natural law is the notion that human behavior is ordered by certain universal norms, such that common good and human flourishing are encouraged. Crystallizing the linkages between the logic of morals and law and a principled approach to adjudication, the Fellowship makes a most wonderful and invaluable ... Professor Eric Claeys is among the most thoughtful modern proponents of natural property rights. His new book, provided to conference participants in draft form ... The Rights of Women: A Natural Law Approach. Published January 2, 2024. The New Digest. By Erika Bachiochi. Autonomy versus Natural Reason in Law. Locke established that private property is absolutely essential for liberty: “every Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any Right to but ...