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Natural Rights, the Common Good, and the American Revolution (America at 250)
America at 250
Book • 2026
Robert P. George's volume in the 'America at 250' series examines how natural-rights philosophy and the idea of the common good shaped the intellectual foundations of the American Revolution.
He traces how these principles influenced the Declaration of Independence, constitutional design, and early republican political thought.
The book situates the Revolution within broader moral and philosophical debates about rights, duties, and social order.
George engages with historical sources to argue for the continuing relevance of natural-rights thinking to contemporary debates about law and politics.
The work offers a synthesis of historical scholarship and normative argument about rights and the common good.
He traces how these principles influenced the Declaration of Independence, constitutional design, and early republican political thought.
The book situates the Revolution within broader moral and philosophical debates about rights, duties, and social order.
George engages with historical sources to argue for the continuing relevance of natural-rights thinking to contemporary debates about law and politics.
The work offers a synthesis of historical scholarship and normative argument about rights and the common good.
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