From History: Protection against authority.
Due process is the boundary that separates lawful authority from arbitrary power.
Socrates taught skepticism and critical thinking. He taught that a life with the seek truth tenant is required no matter what culture and time you live in.
From History: Normal is our current experiences.
Normalcy is not reality itself, but our idea about recurring patterns in reality, shaped by experience, culture, and expectation.
Humans do not respond directly to reality. We respond to our representations of it.