SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Divine Law
31 Mar 2017
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It was not zeus who made that proclamation. To me; nor was it justice, who resides. In the same house with the gods below the earth, Who put in place for men such laws as yours. Nor did i think your proclamation so strong. That you, a mortal, could overrule the laws. Of the gods, that are unwritten and unfailing. Natural law claims to be universal, immutable and objective. It transcends any political or historical context. The same for all human beings and at all times. An unchanging rule or pattern which is there for human beings to discover. An unjust law is no law at all . Natural law proposes that the validity of law depends not just on its form but on its content. Natural law tells us what ought to be (not the same as physical laws that tell us how things are (e. g. gravity))
