Significance of Natural Law
Natural Law encompasses diverse interpretations across disciplines. In Egypt, it's divinely ordained human incarnation. Tibetan Buddhism sees cause and effect, while Vastushastra views universal town planning principles. Purana describes cycles of death and moral frameworks. Yoga links it to universal principles granting powers, while Ayurveda sees it as establishing fundamental relationships. Religion views it as God-given moral norms. India history highlights governing principles, while environmental science focuses on ecological processes. These principles govern physical, moral, and spiritual realms.
Synonyms: Moral law, Inherent law, Universal law, Ethical law, Divine law, Fundamental law, Universal justice, Natural justice
In Dutch: Natuurwet; In Finnish: Luonnonlaki; In Spanish: Ley natural; In German: Naturgesetz; In Malay: Undang-undang Semulajadi; In Swedish: Naturlag; In French: Loi naturelle; In Portugese: Lei Natural; In Italian: Legge naturale; In Polish: Prawo naturalne
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Buddhist concept of 'Natural Law'
In Buddhism, Natural Law encompasses ethical truths, universal principles like kamma governing actions and consequences, the impermanence of conditioned things, and the latent cause-and-effect relationship.
From: Dhammapada (Illustrated)
(1) Natural law is violated by a tree dropping fruits slantingly in the story, prompting the deer to recognize danger and avoid the deer-stalker's trap.[1] (2) This describes the inherent principles that govern all conditioned things, including their impermanence, suffering, and lack of a permanent self.[2] (3) Universal principles, including kamma, that govern the physical and moral worlds; they explain various phenomena including actions and consequences.[3]
From: Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6
(1) A reason that the serpent-king denied as the way his palace was attained, attributing it instead to good actions.[4]
From: Tattvasangraha [with commentary]
(1) The principle that one effect is produced from one cause, highlighting the relationship between cause and effect in a latent form.[5]
From: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
(1) The fundamental truths that govern ethical and moral behavior accepted in conventional belief systems.[6]
Hindu concept of 'Natural Law'
In Hinduism, Natural Law encompasses principles governing the universe, morality, and the natural world. It dictates cycles of life and death, influences ethical behavior, and, when mastered, can lead to supernormal powers.
From: Ramayana of Valmiki (Shastri)
(1) Natural law refers to the moral framework that the king appeals to in his argument for why he should possess Shabala, considering her value as a treasure.[7] (2) The inherent principle that dictates the cycle of death and destruction, which Mrityu referred to regarding his power.[8]
From: Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story)
(1) Moral and ethical principles that govern human behavior, often conflicting with the laws of nations concerning warfare.[9]
From: Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture)
(1) Universal principles that govern the development and organization of towns across different civilizations.[10]
From: Shakti and Shakta
(1) Universal principles that govern the world, which the Hindus believe should not be disregarded by assuming one single path for all.[11]
From: International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
(1) The main object of any research is critical scientific enquiry into the facts with the purpose of establishing fundamental relationship initially expressed as theories and later on as these.[12]
The concept of Natural Law in local and regional sources
Natural Law, as described in the text, encompasses immutable, inherent principles governing the universe, physical phenomena, morality, and human behavior, independent of divine intervention.
From: Triveni Journal
(1) These are laws that cannot be altered, and it is doubtful if a better method than free exchange would prove of any advantage.[13] (2) The governing principles of the universe that dictate the order of events without the need for divine interference.[14] (3) The principles governing the physical universe that the author claims are not initiated by any supernatural force.[15] (4) The inherent principles guiding human conduct as understood in the Elizabethan era, which dictate that order must be respected.[16] (5) The underlying principles of existence that align with the joyful use of language and expression.[17]
From: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(1) That particular relation by which man finds this sameness is called Law, and this is what is known as Natural Law.[18] (2) The speaker believes that seemingly unusual occurrences can be achieved through the operation of natural principles, implying that such events are not the result of supernatural intervention, but rather the result of the universe's underlying mechanisms.[19] (3) The speaker mentioned this when speaking about his observations, suggesting something beyond it keeps men from wrong.[20] (4) The text explores the concept of transgressing this, with the example of a piece of stone, highlighting the absence of such actions in inanimate objects or machines.[21]
The concept of Natural Law in scientific sources
Natural Law, theologically inspired and discoverable through reason, governs the natural world and influences morality. It's central to Catholic ethics, impacting resource use and debated in philosophy and religion.
From: Religions Journal (MDPI)
(1) Is a system of rules and principles derived from human nature and reason, used by libertarians to establish a universal ethic and justify natural rights.[22] (2) Pufendorf wrote a seminal work on against the backdrop of the Confessional Wars, De jure naturae et gentium libri octo (On the Law of Nature of Nations: Eight Books; 1672), which he understood as an empirical science.[23] (3) As indicated by the Pali scriptures, the law of kamma is like a natural law that governs changes in the cosmos, including the transmigration of beings between rebirth realms.[24] (4) Natural law was analyzed by late scholastic researchers, who had derived propositions regarding economic order from it, with constant reference points as religious inspirations.[25] (5) is something that non-Christians may attend to and find their way to a kind of charity, though it has a natural end, not the supernatural one of Charity.[26]
From: Religious Inquiries (Journal)
(1) Natural laws and shariʿa laws have a harmony, with natural laws being prior to religious laws, and since both come from God, religious laws should be in accordance with natural laws.[27] (2) Natural law is the only organizer and ruler in the world, and the implication of admitting God’s action in such a world is nothing but believing in God’s intervention and activity against natural laws.[28] (3) If God is their author, it seems contradictory that he violates them performing miracles, and debate has occurred among philosophers of religion on this topic.[29]
From: Sustainability Journal (MDPI)
(1) Natural laws have serious consequences for the health and well-being of people, and errors in decision-making in relation to natural laws.[30] (2) Natural law codified responsibilities for stewarding environmental resources, and the attempted silencing and erasure of the evidence of this ecosystem stewardship is part of settler Australia’s colonial dispossession of Indigenous peoples.[31] (3) The text reflects the principle that human beings harmonize with the Tian D à o, the overarching intrinsic natural laws of the cosmos, rooted in the Taoist notion of Tianrén hé yi.[32] (4) It is not just the 'natural laws' of the environment that play a role, but people are often capable of “counter-strategies” to mitigate potential limits or disasters.[33] (5) Regulating the use of natural resources and ecological repair must obey natural laws, and the governance of Poyang Lake also has to respect natural laws.[34]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) Natural law is being broken when resources are harvested without respect, creating a heavy feeling in the hearts of Elders who find the plants have been picked over, disrupting a long-standing respect for the land.[35] (2) The inherent principles governing the functioning of the natural world, which have been actively ignored in the pursuit of economic interests, leading to environmental degradation.[36] (3) These are the fundamental principles that govern the behavior of the natural world, influencing ecological processes and ecosystem dynamics.[37]
From: South African Journal of Psychiatry
(1) These are used in explanations where events are subsumed, and when observations fail to fit, it may affect the law's accuracy. Narrative accounts differ in their accommodation of anomalies.[38]
Classical concept of 'Natural Law'
From: Ancient Egypt the Light of the World
(1) It dictates that the incarnation of a human soul commences when a virgin reaches puberty and conceives, indicating a divinely ordained process.[39]
From: The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle
(1) Natural law possesses the same force everywhere and does not depend on human opinion, suggesting that certain principles of justice are inherent and universally applicable, regardless of cultural or legal differences.[40]