1. DEVELOPED BY THE STOICS (4TH CENTURY B.C.)
NATURAL LAW ETHICS
DEVELOPED BY THE
STOICS
(4TH CENTURY B.C.)

2. BASIC CONCEPTS - LAWS ORDER TO THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE
ORDER IN THE MORAL UNIVERSE AS PART OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE
BOTH ORDERS REPRESENTED BY LAWS

3. APPLICATIONS
PRINCIPLES GOVERNING ACTIONS ARE DERIVED FROM OUR OBSERVATIONS OF NATURE AND THE NATURAL MORAL ORDER
MORAL LAW = "GOOD IS TO BE DONE AND EVIL IS TO BE AVOIDED"

4. DIFFICULTIES NATURAL ORDER DICTATES THE WAY THE PROCESS OUGHT TO BE
NATURALISTIC FALLACY

5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAW
LAW IS ABSOLUTE AND UNIVERSAL
APPLIES TO ALL PERSONS, AT ALL TIMES, REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES