Natural Law Theory
@Dedgurlsingstheblus (233)
United States
January 19, 2010 10:23am CST
Can someone please explain what natural law theory is and provide me with who first developed the theory in addition to some concrete examples of natural law? I have had two guys use natural law to justify their point of view but neither of them have been able to explain it to me past this vague statement "Natural law are the laws set forth by nature". What are these laws? I have also done a google search and was unable to come up with anything that helped me to understand this concept.
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@fedoralinux (556)
• India
19 Jan 10
Natural law Theory: Theory that some laws are basic and fundamental to human nature and discoverable by human reason without reference specific legislative or judicial decisions.natural law is opposed to positive law which is human made conditioned by history, and subjects to continuous change.
@Dedgurlsingstheblus (233)
• United States
19 Jan 10
Hey Fedoralinux,
Can you give me some specific examples of natural law? How does natural law claim that men and women behave? What about the bond between biological parents versus adoptive parents? These are the two cases where people mentioned natural law while having a conversation with me.
@fedoralinux (556)
• India
19 Jan 10
* Is not made by human beings.
* It's based on the structure of reality itself.
* It is same for the all human beings and at all time.
@Dedgurlsingstheblus (233)
• United States
20 Jan 10
I don't really know how something can be a theory without it being first introduced by someone, but I suppose part of the theory is that no one person came up with it because this is supposed to be something coded in our DNA, but that doesn't cover the lack of concrete examples. What are some examples of natural law? I think if someone could list a few then I would be able to understand the concept better.
