Lectures on Natural Rights
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Lectures on Natural Rights is a section of legal philosopher John Finnis’s *Lectures on Law* that focuses on the philosophical foundations and scope of natural rights within legal and moral theory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lectures on Natural Rights canonical | 1 |
| Natural Law and Natural Rights, 1980 | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lectures on Natural Rights Context triple: [Lectures on Law, hasPart, Lectures on Natural Rights]
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A.
Foundations of Natural Right
Foundations of Natural Right is a seminal philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops a theory of law, rights, and the state grounded in his transcendental idealism.
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B.
Four Essays on Liberty
Four Essays on Liberty is a collection of political philosophy essays by Isaiah Berlin that explores concepts of freedom, particularly his influential distinction between negative and positive liberty.
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C.
Doctrine of Right
The Doctrine of Right is the part of Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy that systematically analyzes the principles of law, justice, and external freedom within a rightful civil and political order.
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D.
What is Property? or, An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government
What is Property? or, An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government is an 1840 political and philosophical treatise by French anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, famous for its provocative claim that “property is theft” and its foundational role in anarchist and socialist thought.
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E.
Third Treatise on the Commandments
The Third Treatise on the Commandments is a section of Saadia Gaon's philosophical work *Emunot ve-Deot* that systematically explains and justifies the divine commandments in Jewish law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lectures on Natural Rights Target entity description: Lectures on Natural Rights is a section of legal philosopher John Finnis’s *Lectures on Law* that focuses on the philosophical foundations and scope of natural rights within legal and moral theory.
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A.
Foundations of Natural Right
Foundations of Natural Right is a seminal philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops a theory of law, rights, and the state grounded in his transcendental idealism.
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B.
Four Essays on Liberty
Four Essays on Liberty is a collection of political philosophy essays by Isaiah Berlin that explores concepts of freedom, particularly his influential distinction between negative and positive liberty.
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C.
Doctrine of Right
The Doctrine of Right is the part of Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy that systematically analyzes the principles of law, justice, and external freedom within a rightful civil and political order.
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D.
What is Property? or, An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government
What is Property? or, An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government is an 1840 political and philosophical treatise by French anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, famous for its provocative claim that “property is theft” and its foundational role in anarchist and socialist thought.
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E.
Third Treatise on the Commandments
The Third Treatise on the Commandments is a section of Saadia Gaon's philosophical work *Emunot ve-Deot* that systematically explains and justifies the divine commandments in Jewish law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
lecture series section
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legal philosophy work ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | John Finnis ⓘ |
| discusses |
common good and rights
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conditions for the existence of natural rights ⓘ critique of purely will-based theories of rights ⓘ human flourishing and rights ⓘ limits of rights claims ⓘ moral foundations of legal rights ⓘ objective goods and rights ⓘ practical reasoning about rights ⓘ public reason and rights ⓘ relationship between rights and duties ⓘ |
| field |
jurisprudence
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legal philosophy ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorCitizenship |
Australia
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
jurist
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legal philosopher ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
natural law perspective on rights
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non-positivist theory of rights ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Catholic moral theology
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Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
classical natural law theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
foundations of natural rights
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human rights ⓘ legal theory of rights ⓘ moral theory of rights ⓘ natural rights ⓘ practical reason and rights ⓘ relationship between natural rights and natural law ⓘ scope of natural rights ⓘ |
| partOf | Lectures on Law ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Thomistic natural law
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natural law theory ⓘ |
| usedIn |
jurisprudence courses
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legal philosophy teaching ⓘ moral and political philosophy courses ⓘ |
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