ces the underlying ideas bolstering the Institute to several sources, notably the Judeo-Christian ethic and specific ideas form that ethic such as the idea of individual responsibility, the idea of moral law, and respect for property. He also notes an emphasis on the values of work and thrift and the importance of business in the development of the social order. Above all, the Northwood Institute and its philosophy depend on the elevation of the Moral Law.
In the opening section, the readings center on issues of "The Nature of Man and Property," based on the view that the individual human being is the fundamental element of philosophical discussion. Roger J. Williams offers a simple statement of the fact of individuality when he writes,
We are individuals also with respect to our minds. We do not all think with equal facility about the various things that can be thought about . . . The importance of this individuality in mi
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