moral law
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They established a republic acknowledging transcendent moral law as the foundation of human law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026
That insight of “the starry heavens above,” coupled with man’s innate moral law, filled Kant’s mind “with ever new and increasing wonder and reverence,” as Mr. Rosen quoted the philosopher.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
“I personally subscribe to Dr. King’s definition of an unjust law as being ‘out of harmony with the moral law.’
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2020
The head fights the gut; complexities can’t drown out the moral law within.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
The moral law applies to rational, language-using creatures, and the law of nature binds all human beings by virtue of their capacity to recognize that there are moral obligations that are common to them all.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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