303 Rights. What are they, and where do they come from?

<p>The boys drink and review Stone's Delicious Double IPA, then discuss rights.&nbsp;</p> <p>What is a right? We hear it all the time, but when do we stop to think about it, what does it really mean?&nbsp;</p> <p>Do rights depend on someone granting us a right, or do we have rights by nature?&nbsp;</p> <p>The idea of natural law goes back to the Greeks, and has a long history in the west. But what is it based on?&nbsp;</p> <p>In the Christian world, the natural law was received as a body of unwritten rules depending upon universal conscience and common sense, ascertainable by right reason.</p> <p>How does natural law relate to legal rights?&nbsp;</p> <p>John Locke promoted the idea of Life, Liberty, and Property. How does that work with "cultural relativism," or the idea that we get our rights from the government?&nbsp;</p> <p>The Declaration of Independence asserts we have rights from our Creator. Do rights depend on God?&nbsp;</p> <p>And what about enumerated vs. unenumerated rights.&nbsp;</p>