Natural Law Theory

History
WIP

Around the Time of the,   introduced the idea of natural rights, claiming that the natural law gave people the right to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property." The idea of natural rights has become one of the most popular parts of Natural Law Theroy.

This was in contrast to the earlier views of Thomas Hobbes, who viewed the only prescription of the natural law to be survival, and because you were always better off with a monarch then without one, the monarch could treat you however they wanted.

Beliefs
The Natural Law Theory of ethics makes the claim that there are a variety of goods towards which all of human nature is inclined. Unlike animals or inanimate objects, who are determined by the "laws of nature" we discover through science, humans have the ability to use reason to comprehend the ends towards which they are oriented, and are thus capable of moral or immoral action. Some of the inherent goods given to us by the natural law might be companionship, survival, pleasure, reproduction, or any number of  virtues.

Friends

 * [[File:MoralUni.png]] Moral Universalism - Indeed, morality aplies to all creatures capable of reason.
 * [[File:Virtue ethics icon.png]] Virtue Ethics - Were a classic duo!
 * [[File:Aristotle.png]] Aristotelianism - The foundation for most modern natural law theory.
 * [[File:Thomism.png]] Thomism - Helped to systematize me.
 * [[File:RomSto.png]] Roman Stoicism - We each helped shape each-others world views.
 * [[File:Clib.png]] - We both love John Lock.
 * [[File:Conlib.png]] - One of my biggest supporters in the modern era.
 * [[File:Ancapf.png]] - I hear you're a fan of mine Mr. Rothbard? Wait, what do you mean parents don't have to take care of there children

Frenemies

 * [[File:Plato.png]] Platonism - I love you Pops, but now a days, most of my theories are built of off [[File:Aristotle.png]] you're students ideas rather then yours.
 * [[File:Ancyn.png]] Cynicism - Look, I appreciate that you're trying to live in accordance with nature, but can you pleas stop masturbating in public?
 * [[File:Fishe.png]] Hobbesism - I mean... you are a Natural Law Theorist, but you're a pretty unorthodox one.
 * [[File:Hedonism-cloud.png]] Hedonism - Pleasure can be good, sure, but isn't there anything else you value?
 * [[File:Monkeyzz-Enlightenment.png]] - I helped shape his world view, but then he ditched me for Deontology and [[File:Utility.png]] Utilitarianism.
 * [[File:Conserv.png]] - Why do you only cite me when you're trying to bash gay people?
 * [[File:Lawson.png]] - I think you might be a little bit confused about what "Natural Law" actually is.

Enemies

 * [[File:POSTHUMANISMICON.png]] - Good lord this is horrific!
 * [[File:Anti-Humanism.png]] - Okay...but why though?
 * [[File:Nihil.png]] Nihilism - Oh? And tell me, has lying around all day mopping about how everything is meaningless made you're life any better?