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Dr. Melissa Moschella on Parental Rights in Natural and Constitutional Law
What are parental rights? Are they a legal stance—or a philosophical one?
In today's conversation, Dr. Melissa Moschella of the University of Notre Dame discusses the profound and practical implications of the parent-child relationship. She then explores how those conclusions operate in the American legal tradition, tracing from natural law to John Locke to historic court cases and the public discourse today.
Chapters:
3:46 True rights imply true duties
10:04 Natural law: knowable through reason
15:00 The rights and duties of parents
22:32 Role of the state in the American tradition
28:44…
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