The law is a science founded by men whose rules regulate life in society according to the criterion of Justice. However, this legal right is based on the natural law which shows that which is suitable to the human being by nature, and that which is contrary to their welfare. This thesis is based on the consideration that says there about rights and obligations of human beings that are inhentes their infinite dignity and your personal being.
The basis of ethics
Rights that are based on respect for human life. From this point of view, the natural law governed the personal happiness of human beings according to what is appropriate and what is not. How human beings can know what rights you are own by nature? Through the observation of the reason. The law constituted by the men must show the essence of this natural law. Respect the natural law shows what is suitable to the human being. This right is universal, i.e., applies to defend the rights of all men. This law of nature is also the since essential ethical foundation that natural laws help to discern between what is correct and what is not.
Right to life
The belief in natural law invites respect for a system whose validity is greater than the standards created by men who, as such, may be changing. However, the validity of natural law is unchanged since the essence of the person is always the same.
Discussion and questioning about abortion and euthanasia
Advocates of natural law consider that life is one of the fundamental rights of the human being, therefore, issues like abortion or euthanasia poses acute ethical connotations going against the principles of natural law. Where does then the debate on this issue from the point of view of natural law? That not all authors in the history of philosophy are advocates of the existence of a natural law that has a universal and timeless relevance.