Essays on Natural Law

Natural law is an absolutist, deontological and legalistic theory, linked to the idea that a person must obey a religious law in order to gain eternal life. There are many ways in which natural law is compatible with Christianity, one of which being the importance…

Religious Studies A-level exam essays ‘Natural Law is incompatible with religion’(15 marks) One way in which someone could agree with this statement is that Natural Law goes against what Jesus was promoting: doing the right thing because one is convinced, not for the reward. Natural…

In Gifford A. Grobien’s article “Marriage and So-Called Civil Unions in Light of Natural Law”, Grobien asserts that, while “natural law is limited in the discussion of marriage” (Grobien 257), it is an important part of the argument for the Christian view of marriage. It…