This document discusses natural law and the golden rule. It defines natural law as the moral law that is built into human beings and accessible through reason, and is constant across time and cultures. It lists several examples of behaviors and asks if they are natural. It then defines moral law as referring to the sense of obligation that our will responds to, and says morality applies to every human act. Finally, it outlines the main forms of the golden rule as the positive, negative, and empathic formulations.
2. 1. Is it natural to respect your parents?
2. Is it natural to study your lessons?
3. Is it natural to eat to remain healthy?
4. Is it natural to be violent?
5. Is it natural to commit suicide?
6. Is it natural to take care of the sick?
7. Is it natural to lie?
8. Is it natural to eat to steal from your neighbor?
5. NATURAL LAW
•Is the moral law that is built into human beings
and is accessible in the light of reason.
•is constant throughout time and across the
globe because it is based on human nature, not
on culture or customs.
7. How will you able to
display in your daily
interactions the
natural law principle?
8. MORAL LAW
•Is essentially referring to that sense of
obligation to which our will often responds.
•Morality applies to every human act.
•The source of the moral law is US -- it is
human nature, human freedom, human
reason.
12. MAIN FORMS OF THE
GOLDEN RULE
• Positive/directive form. The positive formulation of the golden rule
states that you should treat others the same way you would want to be
treated yourself.
• Negative/prohibitive form. The negative formulation of the golden
rule states that you should not treat others in ways you would not want
to be treated yourself.
• Empathic/responsive form. The empathic formulation of the golden
rule states that when you wish something upon others, you also wish it
upon yourself.
