Lesson 8: Justice and Rights
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A. READINGS
- 1. Aquinas 136-170 (ST II-II QQ 57-58; Q 61)
- 2. Aristotle, III.12-13
- 3. Man and the State, chap 4: 76-107
- 4. Philosophy of Democratic Government, chap 4: 195-259
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B. WRITING ASSIGNMENT (3 page paper on one of the following)
- 1. Solzhenitsyn said that the West is too concerned with rights and should be more concerned with duties. Comment.
- 2. What are the connections between rights to life, liberty, property, pursuit of happiness?
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