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Explain what is meant by a Natural Law approach to Ethics,
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Explain what is meant by a Natural Law approach to Ethics, A Natural Law approach to ethics is one in which moral rules or laws are deduced from the ideal for human nature through the conscience. Natural Law teaches that everything in nature has a purpose and everything should work towards an ideal existance and fulfilling its purpose. In ethics a Natural Law approach would say that in any ethical situation we should not interfere with nature, as we would be preventing something fulfilling its purpose. Natural Law is seen to be a universal approach to ethics that works in the same way for every nationality at every time in history, that is independent of public opinion and does not change in different circumstances or for any reason as it is an absolutist theory. Natural Law is also an example of a deontological theory as its is concerned with the nature...
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