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I do like this essay.
I think he's stretching a little when he claims that natural law theorists are basically religionists in sheep's clothing, but I like the essay, overall. It's true that Locke wrote for (in) a religious society, and I think he pandered to the crowd and to the rich and powerful religionists. I think this is true of the Founding Fathers, too. They each, in their own way, made some kind of a reference to some kind of a Higher Power. But I honestly don't think you could get away with having an "Ayn Rand" in the 17th or even the 18th Century.
I think she would have been burned at the stake.
Over a long time period, it's like we had to get ready for her ideas (by growing up and shedding childish notions).
Ed
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