Rebus InstituteOn American Moralsby G.K. Chesterton From Generally Speaking, Dodd & Mead, 1929 America is sometimes offered to us, even by Americans (who ought to know...
Rebus InstituteTolkien on Impossible LoveJRR Tolkien is well-known and beloved for his renowned Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fantasies. Tolkien is lesser known, however, for his...
Rebus InstituteDo Animals Have Rights?Like a great many problematic and disputed concepts in society today, the idea of animal rights can be traced to the Enlightenment period...
Rebus InstituteThings are not always as they seemThe following article by Dr. Pnina Galpaz Feller is reprinted with the kind permission of The Schechter Institutes which, since 1984, has...
Rebus InstituteThe foundation of all reasonWhat’s the most important word in the English language? Indeed, what is the most important word in any language? The most important word...
Rebus InstituteDo "human rights" exist?Nearly everyone today believes in human rights...or at least, they say they believe in human rights. But when pushed to give a coherent...
Rebus InstituteChung-Shu Lo: A Confucian Approach to Human RightsThe following excerpt is from an essay, contributed to the 1948 UNESCO symposium on human rights, by Chinese scholar, Chung-Shu Lo....
Rebus InstituteAldous Huxley on the Current Situation Affecting Human RightsThe following is an excerpt from Aldous Huxley’s contribution to the 1947-48 UNESCO symposium on human rights. Huxley offers a bleak...
Rebus InstituteAn Empirical Approach to RightsThe following is Yale professor, F. S. C. Northrop's 1947 contribution to the UNESCO symposium on the meaning of and value of human...