Individual Rights and National Precedent: Cultural Changes Reflected in the Declaration of Independence.
This is a report on Don Nardo's book The Declaration of Independence: A Model for Individual Rights. The book presents the Declaration in both a historical and philosophical light, pointing out in various revisions of the Declaration, what elements have survived into present-day American moral beliefs, and which have been abandoned or altered. The paper also discusses the taxation and military occupation that instigated the American Revolution. 4 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 sources.