Thomas West on Natural Rights and the American Founding, Federalism, and Liberty and Equality

In This Episode:

• Thomas West joins the podcast to discuss the political theory of the American Founding and its reliance on natural law and natural rights
• why students of the American Founding must read more public laws and state laws and constitutions to fully understand the Founding era
• how the Founders fit liberty and equality together in a truly coherent way 

Texts Mentioned:

• The Political Theory of the American Founding  by Thomas West
• The Declaration of Independence
• Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Vindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class and Justice in the Origins of America by Thomas West
• The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
• The Constitution
• The Real American Founding: A Conversation course with David Azerrad and Thomas West

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