The words “I have a dream” will forever resonate in the hearts and minds of the American people for as long as inequality and racial injustice continue to exist in the world. The late Martin Luther King Jr. also once said that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”, words that I did not truly understand until delving deeper into the topic. Both Martin Luther King Jr. and our founding fathers had the vision of creating an environment where all men are treated equal among each other and under the breadth of the law. Moreover, both focused on the natural rights of all men on the basis of natural law theory, the view that law comes not from legislators but from a higher moral code. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson …show more content…
Some dispute that it has to be one rooted in the divine lawgiver to those shaped in his image, with the insinuations for dignity and basic rights. Have this not be the case, you might have a “natural law” that favors and empowers the strong over the weak on the basis of their ability to govern, or their intelligence, or their “fitness” to rule. The fact that I believe in the concept of “natural law” does not necessarily make it any more legitimate than it was before. I may agree with the message it is trying to disseminate but who is to say the counter argument is not substantiated as well. Although there were many who refuted the concept of a law beyond that of man, I would argue that these laws preceded man to begin with. Although the bible openly exhibits clear violations of Natural Law with all the apparent oppression and violence between the ancient people, but their only sense of govern is derived from some of the same ideals we live by today so I would argue that natural law has and will always exist, and like nature, it will evolve as the years