Reason and Morality are Prior to the Law
Andrew T. Walker WORLD Opinions
The opening chapters of the Bible reveal three elements of creation order that are necessary for human civilization.
These pillars, revealed in Genesis 1-2, are basic ingredients to survival and flourishing. A sane and just society would recognize them. Indeed, in times not so distant, our society—and its laws—did make that acknowledgment.
The first is the very fact of our existence implies that the lives of human beings are the result of divine action. To be human, by definition, is to live, which expresses itself in the desire of those alive to continue living. A decent society will respect the human person and afford to him or her the ability to develop and live.
Andrew appeared on a New Books Network podcast to discuss his recently published volume, Social Conservatism for the Common Good: A Protestant Engagement with Robert P. George.
The74 attempts to criticize Stanley Kurtz’s work on education but instead confirms his status as a “power player” who has had a “national influence on anti-CRT legislation.”
