The Categories of Well-Being
THE Categories of Well-Being is a universal hierarchy of intrinsic life values.[1] While each value is higher[2] than the previous, this does not indicate or suggest that the lower intrinsic…
The Teleological Basis of Rights
TELEOLOGY has fallen into general disrepute as a result of materialist and physicalist metaphysical worldviews which mostly gained prominence during the general European enlightenment period reaching its peak in the…
The Basis of Methodological Individualism
THE neurobiological account of rights robustly supports a methodological individualism, for there can be no conscious entities outside of individual organisms.[1] This neurobiological account further establishes clear boundaries between conscious…
The Critical Importance of Collective Intentionality
“[…] unless there is some form of collective recognition of property rights, and unless the participants have the concept of a “right” in the first place, the system of private…
Constitutions and Their Interpretation
IN a previous blog post, the linguistic deontological character of social institutions was discussed based on the work of the philosopher John Searle (2010). This ontological understanding of social institutions…
Social Ontology and Political Philosophy
THERE can be no informed political philosophy without an adequate social ontology, which has remained a severely undeveloped area of philosophy for centuries and, therefore, hindered political philosophy. The philosopher…
Praxeology and Human Rights
At a glance: Praxeology serves as the logical basis for all rights derived from the logical structure of human action;Absolute in its epistemic objectivity;Entirely value-free due to its basis in…
The Nature of Rights
At a glance: Rights originate from speech acts and are essentially linguistic, therefore, they:Have a subjective ontological mode of existence;Are the ontological basis of all rights from which deontology emerges;Their…