John Locke history help? 10 pts best answer. ?

Question

What is meant by "the law of nature" or "natural law"? How did Locke try to establish or figure out what limitations it imposed on human conduct?

Answer 1

look at your other question for my source and it provides basically the same rules. essentially, if an ecosystem is thriving because the various components balance its harmony, it only takes one component to deviate from the norm and wreck the entire balance. So, in a microcosm of bees, flowers, honey, and pollen if the  bees quit pollenating the flowers, the flowers will quit producing nectar, and the bees will quit making honey, which will eventually cause the whole ecosystem to die. So, its in the best interest of all concerned if all the components keep doing their thing. Similar to society, it can be compared to MAD >>>> mutually assured destruction, ever watch Dr. Strangelove? Man's fear of world anhilation keeps him in check . . . even though we have the A- bomb, we know we can't use it becuase its certain to cause the end of the world . . . why would we want to do that? . . .Its not conducive to our survival.

Answer 2

Natural law is law of nature is a theory that posits the existence of a law whose content is set by nature and that therefore has validity everywhere.The phrase natural law is sometimes against the positive law of a given political community, society, or nation-state, and so, can function as a standard by which to criticize that law. In natural law jurisprudence, on the other hand, the content of positive law cannot be known without some reference to the natural law (or something like that). Used in this way, natural law can be remind to criticize decisions about the statutes, but less so to criticize the law itself. Some use natural law synonymously with natural justice or natural right, although most contemporary political and legal theorists separate the two.

I did not copy and paste this from Wikipedia, and plus I did credit it because MOST of it is from Wikipedia, not all.

Answer 3

Oi, 'Ebin' if you are just going to copy and paste wikipedia at least credit it!

try here for some more information

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-...

i think you'll find it is a good source.