Month: August 2023

Rights Natural or Manmade?

Part IV The Origin of Rights (Human); a Christian Perspective.When did they first appear?From where did they derive?The Rights of Man began with the origin of man – at the moment of creation as illustrated in the book of Genesis.Genesis is a Greek word meaning “origin,” source,” “generation”, or...

Rights Natural or Manmade? Section I. Part III Part III

Part III The Origin of Rights (Human); a Roman Perspective; Section I.Although many aspects of ancient Greek culture continued to influence Roman Empire from the 1st century BCE onward, law was not one of them. Nevertheless, Rome established novel legal forms and institutions as well as the first legal...

Natural or Human Creation? Part II

Part II There is a higher law than any human statute that has been known since ancient times. An illustration of the ideal is found in Sophocles play Antigone, for within the exceptional Greek tragedy, is a harsh critique of Athenian society and the Greek city-state. Sophocles’ Antigone articulates...

Natural or Human Creation? Part I

On May 26, 2008, in a speech delivered before the graduating class at Wesleyan University, Barrack Obama revealed his position on the taming of a society’s natural state – that is one of individuality. In its place, he sought mold it into one of a communal state where equity...