Hadley Arkes on “Mere Natural Law,” Abortion, and the Logic of Law and Morals

16/05/2023 45 min
 Hadley Arkes on “Mere Natural Law,” Abortion, and the Logic of Law and Morals

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In this episode:Hadley Arkes, founder and director of the James Wilson Institute, joins the podcast to discuss his newest book, Mere Natural Law how the Dobbs ruling dodged the essential moral questions at the heart of abortion, and why conservative jurisprudence has failed to do sohow principles of natural law are so suffused into America’s law and the American regime that they are inseparable from any judgments about law in the judiciaryTexts Mentioned:Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution by Hadley ArkesFirst Things  by Hadley ArkesMere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauProlegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel KantRoe v. WadeDobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health OrganizationThe Federalist Papers by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John JayLectures on Law by James WilsonConstitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths by Hadley ArkesNatural Rights and the Right to Choose by Hadley ArkesISI Homecoming, June 2-3, 2023Become a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

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