Property, Liberty, and the Source of Rights: Ownership, Stewardship, Question We Stopped Asking

What if the most important question about property is not what we own, but where the right to own originates?In Property, Liberty, and the Source of Rights, Mark A. Wittenborn explores the relationship between ownership, stewardship, authority, and liberty through the lenses of Scripture, history, natural law, and lived experience.From the biblical concept of stewardship to the influence of Blackstone, Locke, and the Founding generation, this book examines a question that has shaped civilizations for centuries: Where do rights come from?Are rights granted by governments, or do governments exist to recognize and protect rights that precede them?Through discussions of property, responsibility, citizenship, authority, taxation, inheritance, and stewardship, Wittenborn invites readers to move beyond political slogans and reconsider the foundations upon which free societies are built.Rather than offering partisan answers, Property, Liberty, and the Source of Rights encourages readers to think carefully about the relationship between liberty and responsibility, ownership and stewardship, rights and authority.Whether you are a property owner, farmer, business owner, student of history, person of faith, or simply someone concerned about the future of liberty, this book offers a thoughtful exploration of one of the most important questions a free people can ask.Property, Liberty, and the Source of Rights is part of The Formation Series, a collection of books exploring faith, suffering, discernment, responsibility, stewardship, liberty, hope, and the lifelong process of formation.