Declaration Question

Question

I'm a ninth grader and we're studying the Declaration of Independence at school and i have a question abt it. in the 1st paragraph, it states "....and to assume the powers of the earth, the seperate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declarethe causes whichj impel them to separation." But what do they mean by Laws of Nature? The laws of the world around us or things like Newton's law? And if it's one of either, how does that help our government in teh least bit?

Answer 1

They were just pointing out the obviousness of men being equal, and having rights and why the decision was made to succeed and become independant. The declaration of independance was only made for sake of those in England to give them the accurate reasoning behind the decision.

The constitution however is what we use to determine our rights in this country.... Well actually it's more the amendments we use now because the constitution is the source document, but the amendments are what people use to make law today.

Answer 2

This refers to the concept of Natural Law, a theory that posits the existence of a law whose content is set by nature and that therefore has validity everywhere. It does not refer to the  laws of nature, the laws that science aims to describe.  According to natural law ethical theory, the moral standards that govern human behavior are, in some sense, objectively derived from the nature of human beings. According to natural law legal theory, the authority of at least some legal standards necessarily derives, at least in part, from considerations having to do with the moral merit of those standards.

Answer 3

but its summer...

Answer 4

They had christians and athiests back in the day too. So, in order to keep people happy, they said "laws of nature". That way, if you believe in God, nature is God and if you don't, then nature is simply happenstance.

Answer 5

Hey you gave you the correct answer.

Answer 6

It basically means the laws of God...As opposed to the laws that men created. As in, the laws of God supersede those of any man.