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Martin Rothwell A) Explain the theory of natural law. In its simplest definition, natural law is that "unwritten law" that is more or less the same for everyone everywhere. To be more exact, natural law is the concept of a body of moral principles that is common to all humankind and is recognizable by human reason alone. The main figure in history when natural law is taken into consideration is Thomas Aquinas. Thomas Aquinas believed there to be six primary precepts in a human beings life. For example one of the primary precepts was to defend the innocent. His secondary precepts were adapted from the primary ones. He believed the primary precepts to be very important indeed therefore there was no circumstance in were they could be changed and if they were this did not agree with natural law. However he accepted that in extreme situations the secondary precepts may have to be...

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