About Right Reason
Right Reason is a journal dedicated to the application of natural law reasoning to past and current court cases.
This journal is a project of the Claremont Institute's Center for the Jurisprudence of Natural Law. For a detailed description of the principles and mission of the Center, click HERE.
A Natural Law Manifesto
Severability and Obamacare: A Conservative Temptation?
Drawing upon oral arguments at the Supreme Court this week, Hadley Arkes raises the possibility of a real temptation to the conservative side to let the mandate be "severed"—to let it be separated from the package of Obamacare. The possibilities may be delicious—but sobering.
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"Indecency" in the Arts and the Law
In recent decades, many private citizens and judges alike have hesitated to declare traditionally offensive speech or art as "indecent," instead legitimizing vulgarity through appeals to relativism. In his latest essay for Right Reason, Hadley Arkes uses the recent oral arguments in FCC v. Fox Television Stations as an opportunity to expose the flawed reasoning of such relativism, and insists on the judicial defense of common decency as an undertaking necessary to democracy.READ MORE
Hadley Arkes and Michael Ramsey Discuss Natural Law and the Constitution
We re-post here an illuminating exhcange between law professor Michael Ramsey (USD) and Hadley Arkes that followed Prof. Ramsey's review of Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths. The exchange originally appeared at Liberty Fund's Library of Law and Liberty.
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A Conversation with Hadley Arkes
The Center for the Jurisprudence of Natural Law's Managing Director Seth Leibsohn speaks with Hadley Arkes about the natural law case against Obamacare on Bill Bennett's Morning in America. To listen, click HERE.
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Turning the Tables on Obamacare: Returning to Natural Rights
In the inaugural entry for Right Reason, Hadley Arkes argues that the only effective response to Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a return to first principles—dare we say it, to arguments about the nature of government, rights, and the law.
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