Natural Law Ethics And Abortion

Natural Law Ethics Is a legal theory that recognizes law and morality as deeply connected.

Morality conveys the idea of what is right and wrong and what is good and bad. Natural law theorists believe that human laws are defined by morality, and not by an authority figure, like a King or a government.

You can apply natural Law Ethics when it comes to religion, one example of that would be abortion.

Some feel as though when a pregnant women is put in the position of losing her life, it is irrational and brutal that she is to die so that her unborn child can live. This is also an issue in cases of rape and incest.

In contrast, many argue that abortion can never be rationalized, as it is truly immoral to kill an unborn child, as it is an innocent

human being, no matter what the circumstances or the law regardless of the woman's health, life, incest or rape.

The Pros to natural Law Ethics begins with the fact that Natural Law uses practical reason, it is a common sense approach. It also gives us rules or a guideline that is true independently of our individual thoughts and actions. Natural Law ethics allows for a clear cut approach to morality and establishes common rules that we can all easily follow.

Some of the disadvantages of natural Law ethics would be that Humans do not have a single ‘fixed’ human nature. It could be said that it is too simplistic, basically treating much broader issues as if they were much simpler. Another con would be how it can lead to immoral action, going back to abortion and similar problems. You could be so keenly focused on trying to abide by the guidelines of the natural Law ethics you might commit an action that is unethical or wicked.