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This 3 page paper examines the Declaration of Independence to determine how natural law and natural rights are concepts included. The declaration is analyzed and quotes are included. No additional sources are listed.
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force. It is true that the United States of America includes principles of religion, or acknowledges a supreme being. After all, it says "In God We Trust" on the paper
money that is used on a daily basis. Still, the morality in which it seems that the society is run is aligned with natural law or an intrinsic morality. People
know it is wrong to kill or steal. It is also thought that people are born with natural rights such as the right to do as they please, within reason.
In fact, the Declaration of Independence had been written with all of this in mind. Perhaps the most important part of the Declaration of Independence is this infamous line: "
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness" ("Declaration," 1776). Life is a concept that is rather well known. Choosing life, protecting life and so forth is a part of the culture. There
are "end of life" issues that beg for resolution but by and large, human life is valued. Liberty is a bit more ambiguous. It is a concept that suggests freedom
but is not equated entirely with it. Finally, the pursuit of happiness is a broad suggestion that people have a right to not only liberty, or freedom, but to do
as they will for the sole purpose of being happy. Ironically, many children today are raised in environments that dictate quite the opposite. Parents put pressure on their children to
choose a vocation that will be lucrative, or at least stable, but pay no attention to their happiness. Still, the idea that people should be happy is a part and
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