by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 7, 2015 | Society
When a portion of wealth is transferred from the person who owns it without his consent and without compensation, and whether by force or by fraud—to anyone who does not own it, then I say that property is violated; that an act of plunder is committed. —Frédéric...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 7, 2015 | Society
The duty of parents to children Under the natural law parents owe a duty to their children to nurture, raise and educate them, and bring them healthy, happy, well-loved and well-balanced into adulthood. This applies to biological parents and adoptive parents. It...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 7, 2015 | Society
It is the exercise of responsibility which teaches self-discipline. But in the early stages of life it is the experience of authority, when exerted fairly and consistently by adults, which teaches young people how to exercise responsibility themselves. We have to...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 7, 2015 | Society
Chronic poverty is caused by a series of factors that cannot be solved by welfare or public housing. These include: Welfare Welfare is the leading cause of poverty. It operates by trapping people in a life of dependency from which they cannot spur themselves to...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 4, 2015 | Society
Welfare is immoral Every man must bear his own privations rather than take what belongs to another. —Cicero. On Duties, 44 BC. It is immoral for the welfare recipient to take what he has not earned and therefore what does not belong to him. This is because the money...
