Justice and Truth Day 2, Bolich - Amelia C.

1. To be a citizen of Rome is a big deal, one can't touch you without the Kings permission. 
2. But, one can loose his rights by not voting, by not paying taxes, etc... To not fulfill your obligations was a big deal.
3. Aquinas says that rights can not be separated from justice and responsibility.
4. Virtue requires self mastery.
5. The proper understanding of laws - "To make man good", Aquinas.
6. The law is supposed to teach you virtue, its the final stronghold.
7. If one gets desensitized to stealing the law would be the last resort to teach that stealing is good.
8. The law is already demanding the standard that are in place via virtue.
9. Because not everyone was virtues we have laws.
10. The government exists for you, for the sake of you, if you were not here the government were not be here.
11. We got our current understanding of rights from Locke and Hobbes. 
12. This is called the enlightenment period, they basically said to forget everything.
13. Our founding fathers were a fan of them.
14. They said that freedom was unbounded and unlimited, he said that the week die because of the freedom of the powerful. Rights are claims that we make against others- I want it I have the right to it.  - Hobbes 
15. The father of liberalism. The rights are based of radical autonomy of people. Unrestrained freedom is the basics of rights. Unbridled freedom is the utmost importance. - Locke
16. Our constitution was written based on this understanding of freedom - and its flawed. 
17. Natural Law determines your rights, something outside of the human body, one does not determine there rights.
18. Human desire is the foundation of rights, I deride what I owe - modern and post modern thought. 
19. If one is uneducated they do not have the right to an opinion. 
20. Natural Law + Human Dignity + Rights + Responsibility = Justice
21. Justice - giving that which is owed or rightfully due.