Nov 16, 2018
The Declaration’s affirmation of inalienable rights limits individual autonomy, but it does so in the service of liberty.
This conversation with Professor Barry Shain, editor of Liberty Fund’s new volume, The Declaration of Independence in Historical Context, explores the vigorous debates between the colonists and the British Empire that shaped our country’s charter document of independence.
The Declaration’s affirmation of inalienable rights limits individual autonomy, but it does so in the service of liberty.