AI Overview Ralph C. Hancock, a Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University, articulates this tension in his translation and commentary on Pierre Manent's book, Natural Law and Human Rights . He notes that the human rights ideology is universalist in its claim to apply to all human beings, yet relativist in its rejection of any objective or transcendent standard of human nature to ground those rights. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ] Key Concepts from Hancock's Analysis Universalist Pretense: The modern human rights ideology asserts that rights are innate, self-evident, and apply universally to all people simply because they are human. [ 1 ] Relativist Foundation: Hancock and Manent argue that this seemingly absolute universalism relies on a relativist foundation. Rights are ultimately based on the individual's subjective will and autonomy, rather than on a shared, objective understanding of the human good or a divine order. [ 1 , 2 ] The Result: ...
Canada’s Parliament officially passes ‘Bible ban’ Bill C-9 Canada’s House rejected a final attempt to stop Bill C-9, which threatens to criminalize quoting the Bible, including on homosexuality.
Canada’s Parliament officially passes ‘Bible ban’ Bill C-9 Canada’s House rejected a final attempt to stop Bill C-9, which threatens to criminalize quoting the Bible, including on homosexuality. Pray an Our Father now for reparation for the sins committed because of Francis’s Amoris Laetitia and for the restoration of the Church. Stop for a moment of silence, ask Jesus Christ what He wants you to do now and next. In this silence remember God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost – Three Divine Persons yet One God, has an ordered universe where you can know truth and falsehood as well as never forget that He wants you to have eternal happiness with Him as his son or daughter by grace. Make this a practice. By doing this you are doing more good than reading anything here or anywhere else on the Internet. The Catholic Monitor The Catholic Monitor https://www.thecatholicmonitor.com I ask all The Catholic Monitor readers to also pray for the end of this war . ...