Question

Define theories of natural law and human rights. How would things such as slavery and lying be handled in each case and why would someone side with each of these theories? Finally, explain what you take to be the greatest weaknesses or shortcomings of each theory.

Answer 1

Theories of natural laws defines that the laws which are obtained by the human beings naturally in this world becames standards which the human beings obey and thus it is called the natural laws. Laws of human rights means is the rights through which human beings get the equal opportunity in this world of education, freedoms to which they are entitled, political rights, civil rights, right to lead life with freedom and liberty, freedom of thoughts and expressons of thoughts, equality before the law and order system, and other rights to foods, rights to work etc.

Slavery or lying are against the nature as the standards set by the human beings . Thus these activities like slaveries are against the human laws and human rights too. Persons who are acting against these laws are bounded by the situations but the persons who creates force on those persons should be treated by the laws of human rights accordingly. Sometimes they also took the opportunity of the situations to do so.

Shortcomings or so called weakness of these theories are that these laws have fixed rules and regulations. There is not too much flexibilities are there, which is very much required depending on the cases to cases. these theories are based on the moral of the natural means of acts which sometimes are very tough to maintain the dignity while applying on the practical cases.