This principle that rights are derived from a superlative moral authority is necessary to the entire idea of rights preexisting a constitution or a nation state to begin with.
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Rational Liberalism: Self-Evident Truths
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Rational Liberalism: The Liberty Ethic
[T]he American conservative has less in common with the Founding Fathers, who contended that the proper amount to take from the people was practically nothing, and more in common with Karl Marx.
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Rational Liberalism: Defining Statism
For those that don't regularly deal in libertarian circles, the term "statism" is probably unfamiliar and has exactly the sort of eye glazing, niche political philosophy wonk ring that keeps libertarians perpetually at the fringes of the political culture, and they wouldn't be wrong.
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Rational Liberalism: Mirror, Mirror
Americans, regardless of Democrats or Republicans, by and large, no longer believe society can even function without a government to kneel before.
