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The moral bedrock of our republic is, as the Declaration of Independence proclaims, the self-evident truth that all men are equally endowed with certain unalienable rights, and, further, that securing these rights — to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness — for all human beings is ...
We can see this more clearly when we think of the more common sort of dilemmas we regularly face in our personal and professional lives. Many of us, for example, confront a dilemma in caring for our children: Should we work longer hours to provide them with material advantages even though...
Gradually the scope of these legal rights broadened; and now the right to life has come to mean the right to enjoy life, -- the right to be let alone; the right to liberty secures the exercise of extensive civil privileges; and the term "property" has grown to comprise every form of ...
66、“Our obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code.” 67、“Civil marriage is at once a deeply personal commitment to another human being and a highly public celebration of the ideals of mutuality, companionship, intimacy, fidelity, and family.” ...
and his reputation; the right of personal liberty, which consists in the power of locomotion, of changing situation, or removing one's person to whatsoever place one's inclination may direct, without any restraint, unless by due course of law; the right of property, which consists in the fr...
In 1911, Ellen Key called the mother-child bond the purest of all human relationships and motherhood “the most perfect human condition, where happiness consists in giving and giving is the greatest happiness.”1 But interwar authors emphasized the darke
There is a reason great men of history have warned us against such wanton imposition of religious beliefs and indoctrination of the masses. Thomas Jefferson once said, “In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to liberty.” ...
Versions Notes Abstract Farmers’ Rights formally appeared in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) as a means of recognising the past, present, and future contributions of farmers in conserving, improving, and making available the plant genetic materia...
Western religions such as Christianity also have something to offer the right brain. In addition to the Trinitarian concept of the Holy Spirit, notions such as “God as love” and “having a personal relationship with God” speak to the right hemisphere’s desire for affiliation and emotional ...