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The basics of natural law are buried in what is called a conscious. What is moral and pure and good is acceptable as natural law.
The American justice system uses natural law as the blueprint for many of its societal laws. Knowing that stealing is wrong because it is morally distasteful is what drove the law makers to pass laws about stealing and made it a crime.
If one physically harms another, the social conscious of mankind will give rise to an outcry about the moral injustice of the act, which is what provided the background to the forefathers of the country to include such elements in the constitution and the later laws that protect that constitution.
The basics of natural law also include the following principles:
is not made by human beings;
is based on the structure of reality itself;
is the same for all human beings and at all times;
is an unchanging rule or pattern which is there for human beings to discover;
is the naturally knowable moral law;
is a means by which human beings can rationally guide themselves to their good (Dolhenty, 2004)."
When it comes to discussions about natural laws it is important to understand the difference between natural law and societal law. There are some laws that are purely societal according to the people who argue the point.
There are many laws on the books that some people do not believe should be crimes. Few would argue about the pain inflicted on another person but the laws in which they do not believe anyone is hurt they do not support as being criminal acts.
The question of legalizing marijuana would be one in which the natural law theories would be used to argue that it should not be illegal.
One of those could be argued for the case of prostitution. There are people who believe that prostitution is a victimless crime and as such should not be made against the law.
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The constitution mentions rights and those rights are rights that are provided simply by being a human being with no other criteria needed. It is what many of the nation's current laws are base in. One has the right to live free of fear, which means that oppression, kidnap, assault, rape, battery and other acts of aggression are against the natural law theories.
CONCLUSION
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