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Louis William Rose
Category Archives: Natural Law
Liberty and Non Aggression
Liberty is expanded by the free exchange of information and freedom of association. Nevertheless Tyranny is easier. I observe this constantly as a parliamentarian. The right to bear arms protects the right of free speech, religion, association, and petition, all … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Liberty, Natural Law, Political Theory, Politics
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All Lives Matter, If You Don’t Think So, Maybe Yours Doesn’t Matter So Much
Life is cheap. That’s the truth. Hundreds of thousands die every day, some violently, some ignominiously, some of old age or sickness, some in infancy or the prime of life. All tragically. Today you are alive, and your life matters, … Continue reading
LGBT Rights and the First Amendment
From Muhammad Ibn Abdullah to Joel Osteen the world seems awash with false prophets. This is why it is so important to be able to say whatever we want, to believe whatever we want about God, or not to believe, to publish whatever we want to publish, to associate with those whom we wish, and to shun those with whom we do not. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Freedom of Speech, Gay Lesbian, Liberty, Natural Law, Political Theory, Politics, Race and Gender, Social Philosophy
Tagged anti-discrimination, Bill of Rights, Christ, Christianity, First Amendment, Florida, gay, God, Jacksonville, lesbian, LGBT, Liberty, Louis William Rose, United States Constitution
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The Civil Liberty that Protects all Others
It was certainly ironic and fitting that a legislator who voted against allowing guns in a certain place should be shot by a gun in exactly that place. Yet that was the fate of Clementa Pinckney, state senator and pastor of … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Liberty, Natural Law, Political Theory, Politics, Right to Bear Arms
Tagged Bill of Rights, Clementa Pinckney, Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, Liberty, Louis William Rose, Politics, revolution, Right to Bear Arms, South Carolina, United States, United States Constitution
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Toward a Clearer Understanding of Universal Human Rights
Originally posted on the Florida Student Philosophy Blog It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights as a Western or Northern imposition. It was often their leaders who … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Papers, Ethics, Liberty, Natural Law, Political Theory
Tagged Human Rights, Louis William Rose, Natural Law
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