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- Natural law refers to the use of reason to analyze human nature to deduce binding rules of moral behavior from nature's or God's creation of reality and mankind.

- All human beings can perceive the natural law, but only believers in God acknowledge that it has implications for them beyond the grave.

- Natural moral law is not really choosing between good and bad, but understanding the difference between good and bad.

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- Accessible through the natural order
- Universal
- Unchanging
- For all time
- Relevant to all circumstances
- Given by God

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- The universe was created by God so that everything has a design and a purpose.
- This could be understood through an examination of the natural world and a study of the Bible.
- Humanity was given reason and freedom to choose to follow the good, which fulfill's God's purpose for them.
- THIS was natural law...the rational understanding and following of God's final purpose.

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Natural Law Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #34

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- Because of the natural moral law, trials for war crimes can be conducted against anyone who commits genocide or mass murder regardless of the person’s religion or lack of it. A Nazi couldn’t have used the defense that he didn’t recognize the authority of the Bible, because even the most evil of Nazis still had the use of reason, and reason is what discovers the natural moral law for each and every man and woman.

- Under natural moral law, Cain sinned when he murdered his brother Abel even though he committed the crime long before Moses received the written laws of the Ten Commandments. Because of the natural moral law, Cain knew it was wrong to commit murder before the Fifth Commandment ever came along.

- Slavery was immoral and contrary to natural moral law even though the U.S. Supreme Court (1857) upheld it until it was overturned by the 14th Amendment (1868) after the Civil War.

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Q: You are a passenger on a ship sailing across the ocean. Suddenly, your ship is overtaken in a powerful storm. You escape to a lifeboat with 25 other passengers. You notice that four of the passengers are badly injured, and unlikely to survive for more than a week. You also know that the lifeboat only has enough food and water to sustain 22 passengers. Some of the passengers are considering throwing the injured overboard. What do you do?
A: Acts of violence act against our "humanly purpose" to live a good life. Natural moral law forbids all violent crimes against others. In this case, it would be wrong the throw the injured overboard knowing that they would most likely die.

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An example of natural moral law can be anything that someone does wrong, despite knowing that what they do is wrong.

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Abiding by Natural Moral Law Means Always Doing Good as God Intended

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Abiding by Natural Moral Law Means Always Doing Good as God Intended