Category: Natural Law Theory

Natural law is a theory in ethics and philosophy that says that human beings possess intrinsic values that govern their reasoning and behavior. Natural law maintains that these rules of right and wrong are inherent in people and are not created by society or court judges. The theory of natural law says that humans possess…

DLW was acquitted of the bestiality charge on the basis that no penetration occurred. In this report, I will examine the D.L.W case from the theoretical perspective of Natural Law Theory. During my analysis, I will focus on the original D.L.W decision and how it missed factors of Natural Law Theory, such as human rights,…

If you have ever watched animals in nature, you may have noticed that they tend to behave a little selfishly. That is, they act on their urges without much regard to other creatures. People, on the other hand, are a little different; we care about how our actions influence others. However, we still are a…

In this essay I will be discussing why and to what extent I agree with the position of the Natural Law Theory (NLT) that there are rationally identifiable moral principles which are embedded in the very fabric of human nature and which can and should universally be utilised to guide and evaluate the correctness of…

Purpose Meta-ethics regards a specific group of claims, which ethicists recognize as moral claims. In the process of grappling with the question of what exactly moral claims purport to report, ethicists have developed two general approaches. This research proposal is concerned with only one of the two approaches, moral realism, which encompasses the assertions that:…

Introduction The purpose of this essay is to discuss the extent to which aspects of human nature are reflected and out to be reflected in the concept of Natural Law theory. Natural Law is the name given to a set of theories in which there is a belief that there is a set of values,…