LAWS 3908 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sophocles, Divine Law, Social Relation
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Classical law theory: greco-roman ideas: plato, aristotle, and cicero, christian revisions: st. augustine and aquinas, grotius secularization, criticisms of classical natural law. Law is something universal, natural, and moral is a belief that has been around for centuries. U(cid:374)ited natio(cid:374)"s u(cid:374)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)sal de(cid:272)la(cid:396)atio(cid:374) of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) rights (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1008)(cid:1012)(cid:895) (example: article 1: all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Chapter 1 objective: review of influential classical natural law scholars who, over many centuries, based their work on the idea that if human-made laws are to be valid, they must reflect a universal and natural justice. A(cid:374) illust(cid:396)ati(cid:448)e case: opho(cid:272)les" a(cid:374)tigo(cid:374)e: basic theme: human laws should always follow a universal and infinite law of nature and/or justice, meaning: something in natural law that is beyond and prior to humans. It exists inseparable from what is human made. Scholars here: law, justice and morality are interconnected.
