“The natural law is itself the eternal law, implanted in beings endowed with reason, and inclining them towards their right action and end.”
Saint Thomas Aquinas’ “Summa Theologiae”
The human race has forever questioned the “truth” or at the very least the “righteousness” of man-made laws. Take speeding for instance; it is a good “idea” to restrict everyone from speeding, that is, until it is you who is late, struggling to make up for lost time. I bet that as soon as that first speed limit was established, someone decided it would be okay to ignore the posted speed. Consider another example, every society throughout history has had laws against the theft of property but the laws have never stopped some from stealing what is not theirs. It is clear, by the activity level of the judicial system we view man-made laws as ours to break whenever we believe it is right for us. If we get caught, we will surely have an excuse and when that doesn’t work we will deal with the consequences the best that we can. Continue reading “The Evolution of Relativism”
Schools were created as a societal method of teaching our children how to solve problems. When the painful results of our problems show up on campus we must realize that the system is broken. People all agree, it’s time for these violent symptoms and the problems that they represent to be fixed. They cry out for something to be done to correct the situation but the areas of attention is off the mark and is not the problem so nothing makes a difference.