
Albrecht Dürer, wild men from the side panels of the Portrait of Oswald Krell, 1499
524 words
Spanish translation here
A reader has asked me for my thoughts on the relationship between might and rights. (By the way, I am happy to entertain philosophical questions.)
What are rights? Rights are principles defining political freedoms and obligations. If rights are political, what makes rights “natural” as opposed to conventional? What makes rights natural is an argument deriving them from human nature. Thus natural rights are socially instituted, protected, and enforced freedoms and obligations that are rationally grounded in nature, Read more …
La educación de un filósofo
Los Filósofos por El Maestro del Juicio de Salomón, 1620s.
1,182 words
English original here
Nota del autor::
Hace años, un estudiante escolar me preguntó sobre especializarse en filosofía en estudios superiores. Esta es mi respuesta.
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