Conservative Conversations with ISI
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Conservative Conversations with ISI
Thomas West on Natural Rights and the American Founding, Federalism, and Liberty and Equality
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Intercollegiate Studies Institute
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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