May 14, 2020
Hume's observation on natural law does not show that there is or must be an unbridgeable gap between what is and what ought to be.
This next edition of Liberty Law Talk is a conversation with the great American Founding historian Gordon Wood on a new two volume collection entitled the American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate that he has edited for Library of America. We discuss these foundational debates between British and colonial statesmen that contested the nature of law, sovereignty, rights, and constitutionalism and would serve as the basis of the revolution and lead to the creation of America.
Hume's observation on natural law does not show that there is or must be an unbridgeable gap between what is and what ought to be.