What are natural rights and natural law? Explain how the founders suggest the application of these concepts in the Declaration of Independence.

Natural law is the higher order positive law which emerged from the philosophers of ancient age. Stoic reformers believed that law of nature is the supreme law which connects man and nature to live in harmony with each other.

Aristotle says that though man perceives things and frames laws to live an orderly life, the natural law is universal and a common law exists which is divine.

Natural rights are the rights which are believed to be inherited by birth of a man. These are natural birth rights and they are the base for the founding fathers to frame the US Constitution.