Freedom Within Reason
Essays on Human Nature, Rights, and the Common Good
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Coming December 2026
Does consent make an action morally acceptable? Is eating meat wrong? Do we have a right to own guns? Can drug prohibition and capital punishment be justified?
In Freedom Within Reason: Essays on Human Nature, Rights, and the Common Good, Timothy Hsiao brings classical moral philosophy to bear on some of contemporary life’s most contested questions. Drawing on the natural law tradition, he argues that freedom cannot be understood apart from human nature and the purposes that make our lives meaningful. Our ability to choose carries with it a responsibility to distinguish between choices that help us flourish and choices that undermine our good.
Featuring 33 essays that bring together more than a decade of writing, this volume pairs academic essays with shorter articles written for a general audience.
Hardcover / [Table of Contents]
The writing is accessible and powerful, and the reader will learn from the deep insights expressed in the plain language of Hsiao’s analysis... Hsiao’s work is simply brilliant and a must-read.
Bernard James Mauser, PhD
Professor of Philosophy and Academic Dean
Southern Evangelical Seminary
For his continued service in this battle against radical and destabilizing trends, Tim Hsiao is to be commended. Read each essay carefully, and be rewarded.
T. Allan Hillman, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
University of South Alabama
Tim Hsiao has compiled a sizeable and fantastic assortment of his essays in his Freedom Within Reason. Topics range from sex and immigration to race and guns, an assortment of relevant topics for our time.
Corey Miller, PhD
President and CEO
Ratio Christi
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