Human nature contains objective moral & political truths.
The premise of free society is that objective truth exists, including objective moral and political truth, which the human mind can discover through unassisted reason.
If we agree that there is no objective truth—or if we agree that each individual has “his truth” or “her truth,” and there is no way to know, objectively, who is right and who is mistaken—then one person can call a second person “property” and enslave and own that second person, and no third person can object.
A regime of liberty rests on a foundation of truth:
– It is an objective transcultural truth that each human being is equally human as all other human beings are; no person is more or less human than any other person.
– It is an objective transcultural truth that no human being is a beast and no human being is a god. The moral conclusion is that slavery is wrong because it treats some human beings as if they were beasts; kingship is wrong because it treats some human beings as if they were gods.
– It is an objective transcultural truth that each human being possesses the same natural rights as all other human beings. The moral conclusion is that it is wrong for Person A to violate the natural rights of Person B for the same reason it is wrong for Person B to violate the natural rights of Person A.
The references in the Declaration of Independence to the “laws of nature” and “self-evident truths” assume that:
– Truth is rooted in and inseparable from nature, and nature is the larger whole of which human beings are part.
– Nature is rational, intelligible, & knowable.
Nature, including human nature, contains objective moral & political truths—natural standards for how we ought to behave and treat others—that can be discovered through observation, investigation, study, & reason,
FAQ
No. Waypoints is not a lesson-plan warehouse. It is a curated library of primary sources paired with tutorials that deepen content knowledge and strengthen instruction. There are no student-facing lesson-plans; there are tutorials for teachers. For teachers, Waypoints is more like graduate school than a set of prepared lesson plans.
The Home Plan is ideal for individual learners and homeschooling families.
Organizer and Educator accounts can access the tutorials. Student accounts cannot.
Waypoints is a digital platform for learning and teaching built around beautifully published Primary Source Documents and Teacher Tutorials that reinforce selected Key Ideas of Liberty.
The Home Plan is $199 per year and includes an Organizer account, up to two Educator accounts, and up to four Student accounts.
Yes. Many people use the Home Plan simply for their own access to the Library and Tutorials. If you are a lifelong learner, the Home Plan is for you.
No. The purchase process automatically creates your Organizer account, which includes full access to all Waypoints content.
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Student accounts can access the Library of primary source documents.
Yes, please do! We encourage teachers to use Tutorial content, written or video, any way they find helpful.
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Educators receive tutorials that illuminate the documents, deepen subject-matter knowledge, and support stronger classroom instruction.
You can go to the Waypoints Library and see the list of titles we have curated stretching across subjects such as American history, political thought, philosophy, economics, and citizenship.
Not yet. Additional titles are being prepared and published on a rolling basis. We will let members know when as more documents are published and uploaded to the Library.
Yes. Waypoints is designed to enrich and elevate existing instruction, especially in history, civics, government, and related courses. A teacher does not need to abandon the textbooks, lesson plans, or other curricula materials that have been used for past instruction. Waypoints is designed as an add-on to the materials teachers have been using and assigning to students.
