Not all laws are legitimate. We can see that many laws in the past have not been legitimate, such as those allowing slavery or the killing of infants. But how can we discern whether our current or considered laws are … Read the rest
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In this episode, we ask the question “When is law legitimate?” and describe the following twelve criteria for discerning the legitimacy of any particular law:
1. A … Read the rest
Freedom & Liberty
This document attempts to illuminate the intimate relationship between spiritual freedom and political liberty. We recommend reading these articles first: “What is Freedom?”, “Obstacles to Freedom”, “Path to Freedom” & “… Read the rest
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In episode #2 we discussed and defined what spiritual freedom is and what it is not. We’ve talked about the obstacles to freedom, as well as the … Read the rest
Introduction
Rights can be categorized as “Negative” or “Positive”. Negative rights boil down to the “right to be let alone” which is what Justice Louis Brandeis called “the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men”. … Read the rest
Why Catholic Principles?
Claiming that any set of principles are absolutely true is sacrilege to the popular religion of relativity, which states that absolutely everything is relative, ironically enough. This implies that we should never accept any particular belief as … Read the rest
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In this episode we cover what The FALFA Project is, what the podcast is about and what kind of topics we’ll be covering in the The FALFA … Read the rest