Everybody having equal rights to welfare of society and do not afraid to use any means to get the aim they want because they are far from morality. ... Besides, as was already mentioned, people are far from morality, which could be kind of guarantee of the functioning of natural laws. ... There are also natural laws to govern it and people were using full freedom in terms of natural laws. ... There is to be government to make people follow natural laws. ... They need laws for everyone to obey. ...

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Also, for these few who are not Christian or those who merely choose to ignore God's will, is secular law the best solution? According to Luther, "By such externally imposed law [non-Christians] would be compelled to desist from evil, and would be hedged about by outward law and government, and subjected to authority" (Luther 9). In essence, the secular Sword and laws are set forth for the unjust not the just. ... He needs no law of man, only the law of love and nature, to set his path aright and to live in the service of God. ... Peace cannot exist in the state of war born out of th...

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Such a law affirms human self-preservation and condemns acts destructive to human life. A law of nature is natural and inherently known by all because it can be deduced by innate mental faculties... Natural law demands that we seek peace because to seek peace is to fulfill our natural right to defend ourselves... - The second law of nature follows to seek peace... XXI Of the Liberty of Subjects John Locke - First is the assumption of a system of morality--the natural law derives from a theory of justice, a set of rights. ...

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He opined in his Essay on Human Understanding, (in three chapters) that there are no universally binding moral laws. He explained in terms of history by stating that the morality of one society is the immorality of the other. He also compared morals to mathematics by saying that it is a demonstrable science which is subject to universal laws. Further explaining what those universal laws are, he noted that they were of two types, namely – Divine Law and Natural Law. ... The Natural Law is also an eternal law, which determines what is considered to be good and evil. ...

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