tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post6886466811910769371..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Frank van Dun’s Natural Law bionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-4583936831840604462020-06-03T11:05:52.517-07:002020-06-03T11:05:52.517-07:00I don't think I had worked through the distinc...I don't think I had worked through the distinction much before. So it helped me to read and write about this FvD post.<br /><br />"Something like a moral agent or community directing the individual to natural law or morality or God."<br /><br />Yeah, maybe like a church!<br /><br />:-)bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-78414065450363205892020-06-03T11:03:13.979-07:002020-06-03T11:03:13.979-07:00I am spitballing a little here: I don't know t...I am spitballing a little here: I don't know that natural law can give us a specific speed limit in different situations. Local custom would do this. And local custom that is not in conflict with natural law makes for good law, I think.<br /><br />bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-42202901907257209202020-06-03T06:25:50.955-07:002020-06-03T06:25:50.955-07:00Thanks for working through this. I have had some ...Thanks for working through this. I have had some trouble understanding the connection between natural law and natural rights. I had worked through it myself logically, but it is always helpful to read others who have a better grasp of the subject.<br /><br />I really like the thought that self-harm is a violation of natural law but not natural rights.<br /><br />That would mean a non-violent solution is needed. Something like a moral agent or community directing the individual to natural law or morality or God.RMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603112499567064214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-55900117745094803252020-06-03T04:29:15.507-07:002020-06-03T04:29:15.507-07:00Simpleminded, but made me think (and generally on ...Simpleminded, but made me think (and generally on government roads, but such is life): it is natural, through our culture, to drive on the right side of the road. It is forced to drive under an arbitrary number, the speed limit. Yet generally many people drive regularly above that limit to a more natural speed conducive to the conditions (nature in a sense) around them. Am I way off here?Eric Morrisnoreply@blogger.com