Full Idea
There is something of which we all have an inkling, being a naturally universal right and wrong, even if there should be no community between the parties or contract.
Gist of Idea
We all feel universal right and wrong, independent of any community or contracts
Source
Aristotle (The Art of Rhetoric [c.350 BCE], 1373b07)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'The Art of Rhetoric', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,H.C. [Penguin 1991], p.125
A Reaction
This is the strongest assertion I know of in Aristotle of an absolute moral standard, independent of natural function. It makes Aristotle an intuitionist, and is strikingly opposed to contracts as the most basic aspect of morality.