Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)

NATURAL LAW THEORY SHAKY AT FOUNDATION.(Perspective)

Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) | September 15, 1991 | Copyright

Byline: Kenneth Stern

N atural Law theory is very much alive and well" was the headline on an Aug. 17 article in The Times Union by Peter Steinfels. The headline is, in fact, a quotation from Robert P. George who has collected some essays on natural law theory.

According to natural law theory, there is a "higher law" than mere man-made laws, which human beings can somehow discern - or at least can be informed of by some, usually supernatural, authority. This "higher law," proponents of the theory say, mirrors an objective "moral reality" which human laws, such…

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