For not those things alone are from God, which He institutes and ordains by his own immediate act, without the concurrence or interposition of men. Pufendorf observes,īoth the states themselves and the chief government erected in them are supposed to proceed from God as the Author of the Law of Nature. German jurist and philosopher Samuel Pufendorf, for example, asserted in his 1703 Of the Law of Nature and Nations that just civil government is ordained by God to enforce the Law of Nature in society. Such philosophers included Samuel Pufendorf, John Locke, and Algernon Sidney. The Founders’ views of the proper role of just civil government aligned with ideas of philosophers whom early Americans read and often cited. It was instituted to better the lives of the nation’s citizens. government has the responsibility to maintain law and order, restrain evil, and uphold justice. They believed that the purpose of just civil government is to enforce the Law of Nature, the universal moral law of mankind, and to protect citizens’ natural rights, the God-given or inherent birthrights of mankind due to our nature and dignity as human beings. When the American Founders founded the United States and crafted the founding documents for the new nation, they had a clear view of civil government’s purpose.
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