What Is Natural Law Ethically Wrong

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Abiding the moral ethical code is unclear to the nature of Natural Law. Being honest must mean that we are ethically good people. Opinions of right and wrong can be totally wrong, and never truly right. Offended easily by something doesn't make it wrong, it is just is their opinion. Perfect people do not exist and abundant amount of people may not totally agree.
Offensiveness usually angers someone to an extent where they are uncomfortable. Natural Law doesn't actually clarify many things that can help us become stronger people.
Natural law and moral ethics have created such an abyss. Cloudy judgement when we may seek personal vendetta against one had whom done something they couldn't justify as right. Believing that we are held to such

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