Title: Conclusion: Evil and the Limits of the Natural Law
Abstract: Two definitions of the natural law compete. The first sees natural law as "reason reflecting upon nature." The second understands natural law as "written on the heart." The first stresses the rational, reflective element of natural law—that while natural law is based in nature, it is known through reason. Furthermore, the nature upon which reason reflects has little to do with empirical, everyday nature as it is studied by science, including anthropology. The nature with which rational natural law is concerned is human nature as it could be, human nature at its fully developed best. Human nature that has realized its telos, its developmental goal.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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