Cicero believed “that there was such a thing as natural law that transcended time and place and because we were rational creatures, products of rational and divine universe, we could not only know these laws, but create human laws that were more just because they were not culturally dependent.” Natural law is a philosophy that certain rights or values are inherent by virtue of human nature, and universally cognizable through human reason. Cicero is right, natural law does exist. We live in a universe where we were rational creatures, products of a rational and divine universe, where we not only know these laws, but create human laws that were not culturally dependent. Natural law has been passed down in American and Roman cultures in history. Argues have been made that the founding of the United States is based on natural law, and because of the intersection between natural law and natural right, natural law has been cited in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. …show more content…
A conversation was help between Laelius and Scipio. Laelius said to Scipio, “Certainly not; because these not not constitute the real welfare of the community.” Scipio responded, “And at Rome, when the decimvir ruled without appeal from their decisions in the third year of their power, had not liberty lost all its securities and all its blessings?” Welfare of the community was no longer recognized in Rome, the people soon recovered and went back to their appropriate rights. Natural law aims at goodness, to bring subjects to true find true happiness. In the 16th century, the school of Salamanca further developed a philosophy on natural law stating “There are five important principles: to live, to learn, to reproduce, to worship God, and to live in an ordered society.” Natural law transcended from time and place and is a product of a divine universe. It is always changing as time goes on and humans create new laws that follow their