Substantive rights

Substantive rights Substantive rights#TypeoflegalrightsSubstantive rights are basic human rights possessed by people in an ordered society and include rights granted by natural law as well as substantive laws. Substantive rights involve a right to the substance of being human (life, liberty, happiness), rather than a right to a procedure to enforce that right, which is … Continue reading Substantive rights

Logic Science & Dialectic

4. Logic, Science, and Dialectic Aristotle’s reliance on endoxa takes on a still greater significance given the role such opinions play in dialectic, which he regards as an important form of non-scientific reasoning. Dialectic, like science (epistêmê), trades in logical inference; but science requires premises of a sort beyond the scope of ordinary dialectical reasoning. Whereas science relies … Continue reading Logic Science & Dialectic