The James Wilson Foundation on Natural Rights and the American Founding

“Liberty To Do What?” — Hadley Arkes at The Human Life Review

On June 1, 2022, James Wilson Institute Founder and Director Hadley Arkes joined First Things editor Rusty Reno and City College of New York’s George McKenna for a panel hosted by The Human Life Review. They first discussed the potential conflict between liberty and freedom as written in McKenna’s essay, “The Odd Couple: Freedom and Liberty.” Next, they turned to Dobbs v. Jackson via a discussion of Professor Arkes’ essay, “On Overruling Roe.” Please click below to watch the entirety of the panel.

Please click below to watch the entirety of the panel.

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Law and liberty cannot rationally become the objects of our love, unless they first become the objects of our knowledge.
— James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1790