What are laws? Laws are rules of behavior. The single greatest achievement of mankind is the discovery that the entire universe, every speck of matter in it, is governed by laws...by rules of behavior. These laws create the order we see in the world around us.The innate sense of right vs. wrong we all find within us, the sense of the way we ought to behave and expect others to behave, is called the natural moral law.God's natural, moral law exists across all human cultures at all times. It is the foundation of all human created laws and government.