Sessions and Tracks
Natural Rights and the New Atheists
Most people believe that human beings have certain rights by nature, that is, rights that do not depend on governments for their legitimacy. The New Atheists, such as Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, seem to believe this as well. However, unlike the American Founders as well as those thinkers in the natural law tradition, the New Atheists deny that natural rights are grounded in a natural moral law whose source is God. They believe that naturalistic evolution can account for this natural moral law. In this talk, Professor Beckwith responds to the New Atheists and explains why the natural moral law is best accounted for by a Divine Law Giver.
Presenting at this session:
Dr. Francis J. Beckwith - Baylor University
This is part of Breakout Sessions: Friday Evening.



