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17 Cards in this Set
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Which political historical figure wrote on Natural Law?
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Cicero
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Who was Cicero?
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A famous Roman political figure, whose writings influenced the founding fathers in the creation of the US Constitution.
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What famous writings did Cicero produce?
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Books on the Republic and the Laws
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What is a summary of Natural Law?
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Natural Law is rational, basic principles that govern nature and all things. These rational laws are assumed to be eternal in nature, falling in line with the principles of the Creator of all things.
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What is Cicero's short definition of Natural Law?
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True Law
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"True law is right reason in agreement with nature; it is of universal application, unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdowing by its prohibitions....It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely. We cannot be freed from its obligations by senate or people, and we need not look outside ourselves for an expounder or interpreter of it. And there will not be different laws at Rome and Athens, or different laws now and in the future, but one eternal and unchangeable law will be valid for all nations and all times, and there will be one master and ruler, that is God, over us all, for he is the author of this law, its promulgator, and its enforcing judge. Whoever is disobedient is fleeing from himself and denying his human nature, and by reason of this very fact he will suffer the worst punishment." |
Cicero
Quoted in Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers, p.133. |
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Quote: Referring to Natural Law:
"In Natural Law we are dealing with factors of absolute reality. It is basic in its principles, comprehensible to the human mind, and totally correct and morally right in its general operation. |
W. Cleon Skousen
The Five Thousand Year Leap, page 35. |
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What great attribute does Cicero attribute to both God and Man?
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Reason, which leads to law, and justice.
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"Right reason" is known as ____."
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Law
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"Wisdom" in Natural Law is known as _____.
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Perfectly understood "Right Reason" (Law)
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When "Right Reason" is applied in government, it is known as ______.
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Justice
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What is the "First Great Commandment" picked out by Cicero, and also pointed out by Jesus in the bible?
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"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."
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What is the "Second Great Commandment" picked out by Cicero, and also pointed out by Jesus in the bible?
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"Thou shalt love they neighbor as thyself."
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Quote: In connection with discussions on Justice
"...For these virtues originate in our natural inclination to love our fellow-men, and this is the foundation of justice" |
Cicero
Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers, p. 124 |
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Who did Cicero believe could be taught the Natural Law
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All mankind
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Quote: Natural Law in Legislation:
"But the most foolish notion of all is the belief that everything is just which is found in the customs or laws of nations....What of the many deadly, the many pestilential statutes which nations put in force? These no more deserve to be called laws than the rules a band of robbers might pass in their assembly. For if ignorant and unskillful men have prescribed deadly poisons instead of healing drugs, these cannot possibly be called physicians' prescriptions; neither in a nation can a statute of any sort be called a law, even though the nation, in spite of being a ruinous regulation has accepted it." |
Cicero
Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers, p.134 |
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List 5 examples of Natural Law in the constitution and US government
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Concept of "unalienable rights"
Concept of "unalienable duties" Concept of habeas corpus Concept of limited government Concept of seperation of powers Concept of checks and balances to correct abuses by peaceful means Right of Self Preservation Right to "contract" Laws protecting family and marriage. Concept of "Justice by reparation" Right to "bear arms" Principle of "no taxation without representation" |
