3 Articles Tagged with Natural Law

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Types of Law — The Beginnings of an Analogical Expansion

The term “law” is most easily understood in terms of the positive law that we experience in our day-to-day life. In order to discuss “natural law” without being equivocal in our use of language, we need to consider how it can even be possible to transition from discussing the case of positive “law” to that of natural “law.” Read Article

Written by on April 21st, 2014. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Ethics, about Aquinas natural Law

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Natural Law: Eternally Returning, Ever Controversial

Many well-meaning philosophical ethicists appeal to some notion of “natural law”, as though this notion accounts for the fundamental aspects of moral philosophy. However, the domain of discourse for “law” is an explicitly inscribed one. In this article, we will note Aquinas’ placement of the “conceptual space” for discussions of “law and the natural law.” Read Article

Written by on February 28th, 2014. Subject: Philosophy. Filed in Ethics, about Aquinas natural Law