SOSC 2350 Lecture 8: Lecture 8 - Natural Law and Legal Positivism
2 Nov 2017
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It was not zeus who made that proclamation to me; not 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 funfailing. Natural law is universal, a law that is created by god. What is moral, and what is not. Kreon (sovereign) says that"s not what law is, because if it is supposed to be about morality, then he would lose his power. Natural law proposes that the validity of law depends not just on its form but on its content. Natural law claims to be universal, immutable and objective. It transcends any political or historical context. To be found by humans, doesn"t change with through time. The same for all human beings and at all times.
