Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness - are they really unalienable rights? If so, why? Can we just "declare" our rights, or do they actually have to be grounded in something? In this episode, we look at the idea of human rights, where they come from, and why it matters.






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Resources:


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Books:


• ⁠The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl R. Trueman (https://a.co/d/0dSoUnik)

• Stealing from God: Why Atheists Need God to Make Their Case by Frank Turek (https://a.co/d/04d9N5t7)

• Dominion by Tom Holland (https://a.co/d/01fpLIqG)

Websites & Articles:


• Breakpoint: Are Human Rights a Fantasy by John Stonestreet and Shane Morris (breakpoint.org/are-human-rights-a-fantasy/)

• Human Rights and the Image of God by Nancy Pearcey (evolutionnews.org/2023/09/human-rights-and-the-image-of-god/)

• Tom Holland Says that Human Rights is just as much a matter of Faith and Christ's Resurrection by Paul VanderKlay (paulvanderklay.substack.com/p/tom-holland-says-that-human-rights)

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