Francis J. Beckwith

Latest work

Taking Rites Seriously: Neither Theocracy nor Liberal Hegemony

03/29/2021 Francis J. Beckwith

Francis Beckwith explains the many threats to natural rights that have evolved out of political authorities' refusal to recognize the meaning and importance of religious rites.

Consent, Sex, and the Prenatal Rapist: A Brief Reply to McDonaghs’s Suggested Revision of Roe v. Wade

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Francis J. Beckwith Steven D. Thomas

The abortion debate is often understood to hinge on the question of whether or not the fetus is a full-fledged member of the moral community of persons and/or possesses a property or properties that...

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