The Validity of Natural Law

Definition For a simple, general definition of Natural Law as used in the field of Ethics I can best borrow that given by J. Gottschick in the Schaff -- Herzog Religion Encyclopedia since the term has a long history and the definition varies with the conceptions of God and the Cosmos. The above work defines as follows: "Those absolute and universally valid imperatives and that are innate (inborn) in the reason of every individual and necessarily come into consciousness with the development of...