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For centuries, philosophers, political theorists, jurists, theologians, and other thinkers have proposed, discussed, debated the idea of natural law. Proceeding from an assumption of a shared nature in all human beings, irrespective of culture or location, natural law proponents contend that based on human intuition and reasoning, there is a universal knowledge of the shared nature.
In a detailed but easy-to-follow format natural law proponent J. Daryl Charles presents 50 questions and answers regarding the idea of natural law. Discussions include:
- How is natural law defined?
- Where do we find evidence of the natural law?
- Why is the natural law important?
- What is the relationship between the natural law and human rights?
- What is the relationship between the natural law and world religions?
- What is the natural law important to politics?
- What are the standard objections to the natural law?
Each question and answer is presented with thorough documentation giving readers the ability to pursue further specific questions of interest.