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Workshop of Jan Brueghel the Younger, Paradise with the Creation of Animals (before 1678). Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany

Worlds of Law: A Foray into Aquinas

‘There is one sense in which Aquinas certainly did not believe in worlds. This is the sense in which certain Greek philosophers held that there is an infinity of worlds…Aquinas asserts what he calls the “unity of the world”. He…
Filippino Lippi, Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas over the Heretics (1489–1491). Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy

Opportunities for Christian Realism Today

‘Christian realism is not unprincipled power politics or mere pragmatism, but the intelligent use of power and politics for the sake of representing Christian ideas and the common good (bonum commune), within the bounds of worldly political constraints.’…
Professor Miguel Ayuso Torres speaks at the Danube Institute Ruel of law conference in May 2024

Dilemmas of Rule of Law and Sovereignty — An Interview with Professor Miguel Ayuso Torres

‘The Constitution is ideological in nature, as it implicates modern features such as the separation of powers and the protection of individual rights. We all remember the definition of Article 16 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and…
Viktor Orbán receives Israeli philosopher Yoram Hazony, President of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem

A Conservative Dream? — A Review of Yoram Hazony’s Conservatism: A Rediscovery

‘The question I am left with about Hazony’s rediscovered conservatism is whether it is a conservatism that is, or could be, rediscovered, or is it a conservatism that has never existed. And, even if it did exist at one time,…
The Good Samaritan by Edward Stott (1910)

A Classical Conceptualization of Human Rights as the Antidote to Psychological Suffering: The Dominance of Western Progressive Human Rights in Practice

‘The flaw in the progressive hyper focus on moral rights is that it removes the ability of reality testing outside the subjective experience. Therefore, it feeds our narcissistic tendencies, which in turn enhances destructive behaviour, anxiety, depression, and above all,…
Excerpt of the portrait of John Locke painted by Godfrey Kneller in 1697.

On Liberalism and Liberal Democracy

‘Liberalism demands we remain open to hearing differences of opinions and the ability to mediate them through democratic institutions. Openness, however, does not equate to acceptance, especially if the opinions are incompatible with the truths of the natural law, as…
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Natural Law in the Teachings of Benedict XVI — Part II

European society has forged a culture that, in a manner previously unknown to humanity, excludes God, the divine logos from the public conscience. He is denied altogether, or judged to be irrelevant to public life since His existence cannot be…
Vatican,City,,Vatican,-,April,8,,2007-,Pope,Benedict,Xvi

The Natural Law Within the Teachings of Benedict XVI — Part I

The teachings of Pope Benedict XVI are an appeal to the individual to ponder on God’s unwritten law inscribed in his or her heart so that he or she may better contribute to the common good of society….
Gratian

Gratian: The Pioneer of Individual Natural Rights

Gratian synthesised both Roman law and the theological traditions in such a manner that compelled future jurists to rely more on the Commandments than human law….
Képernyőfotó 2022-02-28 - 21.18.11

From Natural Law to Natural Rights: The Contentious Legacy of John Locke

John Locke’s philosophy of the natural law did provide the means for people in liberal democracies to overcome all types of discrimination and segregation, simultaneously protecting our civil liberties….

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