SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Legal Positivism, Positive Law, Marquette Law Review
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Antigone: 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. The same for all human beings and at all times. An unchanging rule or pattern which is there for human beings to discover. Through reason man can discover the content of natural law. Philosophers consider natural law superior over positive law: western philosophers put forth the idea of natural law, rely on an absolute source, god given law, morality. Kreon: sovereign, command and punishment, creon is the king therefore only his commands are to be obeyed. Means that no state what so ever can interfere with our natural rights.
