natural law (was: The White House Needs Elizabeth Warren, Now More Than Ever)

On Fri, 5 Nov 2010, [email protected] wrote:

> > Actually, I'm not sure that natural law theory *does* refer to the 
> > *evidence* of nature, per se. I'll look into this more when I get 
> > home.
>
> Personally...that takes all meaning out of the word "natural" and makes 
> for a empty argument. I look forward to seeing what you find.  :)

Well, not that I consider Wikipedia authoritative or anything, but they 
indicate that there are multiple kinds of "natural law" out there -- which 
immediately tells you that invoking "natural law", full stop, doesn't 
necessarily get us anywhere.  And the descriptions of it there -- even the 
bit that talks about specifically *Catholic* "natural law" -- all talk 
about things like "good" and "evil" and "moral principles" and "justice" 
and so forth, which of course are somewhat vague terms that *both* sides 
of the gay debate invoke in ways that justify their positions.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Natural_law

So, yeah, throwing the words "natural law" around don't resolve anything.

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