USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As used by Thomas Hobbes in his treatises Leviathan and De Cive, natural law is “a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or takes away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that by which he thinks it may best be preserved."

Detailed explanation-2: -The first principle is that the act must be a good one. The second principle is that the act must come about before the consequences. The third is that the intention must be good. The fourth, it must be for serious reasons.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Reason” means natural law, which signals the law itself must be reasonable rather than driven by whatever the authorities just happen to want. “Him” means the political authority: i.e., government and legal officials such as legislators, judges, and government ministers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Natural law holds that there are universal moral standards that are inherent in humankind throughout all time, and these standards should form the basis of a just society. Human beings are not taught natural law per se. Instead, we “discover” it by consistently making choices for good instead of evil.