Maybe natural law doesn't spell the end of democracy, but surely it spells the end of tolerance.
What do you mean?
Just what I said. If there really is a natural moral law, then tolerance goes out the window.
You think everyone ought to be tolerant, is that it?
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I don't like the sound of this. If there really is a natural moral law, then democracy is over with.
Why?
Because there would be no decisions left for legislators to make. If they did try to make any, judges would just say "The natural law says" and overrule them.
Mondays are reserved for student letters. This student writes from Latin America.
Question:
“With all of you men out there who think that having a thousand different ladies is pretty cool, I have learned in my life I've found out that having one woman a thousand different times is much more satisfying.” -- Wilt Chamberlain, 1999 interview with Al Meltzer
Maybe we make up right and wrong. Maybe human nature doesn't have any inbuilt meaning; maybe the way of life I choose has moral meaning just because I choose it.
All this talk about "conscience" is rot. Moral beliefs are pumped in from outside. Some people never acquire any at all.
Video of Marvin Olasky Interviewing Me
Comment from a student: "The Pope is thought to be pretty progressive. Has he softened the Church’s stance on moral issues?”
You speak of what we “can’t not know,” but surely children don't already know the natural law.