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Exam 7: Natural Law and Human Rights

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Locke argued all humans should be treated equally because we all have the same basic nature.

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According to Thomas Aquinas,humans are naturally inclined to be good based on reason.

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The Declaration of Independence draws on the theory of

One philosopher who does not agree that there is such a thing as human nature is

Evolutionary theory may present a challenge to natural law theory.

Civil law is prescriptive and as such tells us how we ought to behave.

Moral requirements cannot be grounded in human nature according to natural rights theory.

Aristotle was the first philosopher to develop a complex ethical philosophy related to the ideas of natural law theory.

The natural state of human liberty is a state of license according to Locke.

The idea that the basic moral law can be known by human reason and that we know what it requires by looking to human nature are two of the tenets of natural law theory.

One problem for natural rights theory is that not everyone agrees on what human nature requires.

Existentialists like Sartre believe that essence precedes existence.

"Laws of nature" is another way of referring to natural law theory.

Moral laws are descriptive generalizations of fact.

For Locke every person has a distinct right to punish those who transgress the natural law.

According to Rorry,there is no common human nature to use as a moral reference point.

For Thomas Aquinas all laws created by humans are derived from natural law.