tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post3332697202831830290..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Analogy Between "State of Nature" and "Evolution"Brad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-37407021280072753862017-02-07T20:46:25.849-07:002017-02-07T20:46:25.849-07:00"it follows that the 'partial law of natu...<i> "it follows that the 'partial law of nature' does not belong at all to the law of nature." Strauss, 219. Indeed, since the "partial law of nature" does not require belief in God, it follows that there is no enforcer or judge of it, which means, naturally, that the "'partial law of nature' is, then, not a law in the proper sense of the term." </i><br /><br />Not quite. The natural law is self-enforcing. If you don't live right, there will be consequences, in this life.<br /><br />Well before Locke, Suarez and Grotius admitted that if there were no God there would still be the natural law.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com