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Encyclopedia > Laws of nature

The Laws of Nature are claimed in the United States Declaration of Independence to be the work of the Creator of unalienable rights identified as Nature's God. The Declaration is considered to be the organic law, the founding law and since it claims that the author of the rights within its text is Nature's God, it is a derivative of the laws of Nature. Human rights flowing from the concept of humanism often refer to the same concept as unalienable rights (inalienable rights) without recourse to a supreme Creator. U.S. Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is a document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. ... The creator god is the divine being that created the universe, according to various traditions and faiths. ... The term Unalienable rights has a very specific and unique point of origination in the United States Declaration of Independence. ... Natures God is identified in the United States Declaration of Independence to be the Creator of the Laws of Nature. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Humanism is a general term for many different lines of thought which focus on common solutions to common human issues. ... The term Unalienable rights has a very specific and unique point of origination in the United States Declaration of Independence. ...


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Natural law - definition of Natural law in Encyclopedia (619 words)
In law, natural law is the doctrine that just laws are immanent in nature (that can be claimed as discovered but not created by such things as a bill of rights) and/or that they can emerge by natural process of resolving conflicts (as embodied by common law).
The Roman Catholic Church understands natural law to be immanent in nature; this understanding is in large part due to the influence of Thomas Aquinas, often as flitered through the School of Salamanca.
Natural law affirms the worth of all members of the human species, and proposes that sexuality should always be "open" to the goods of unity and procreation.
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