We Had Kind Of A Rocky Start,

Broadly Speaking, It Is My Conclusion That A Pretty Good Guide To Most Issues Of Natural Law Is To Look At Those Areas Where You Find A Consensus In The Judeo-christian Tradition. I Think That Is Roughly, Not Unerringly, The Outline Of What I Would Call Natural Law.there Must Be Some Moral Values Underlying Any Civilization; That's My Guide.

We Have To Preserve It And Use It Sustainably. And The Short-term Use Of Resources At The Destruction Of The Long-term Heritage Of This Country Is Not A Policy That We Can Pursue.

On Areas Like Abortion Where There Is Major Disagreement Among The Mainstream Religious Groups In The Judeo-christian Tradition, I Believe That Requires A Lot More Caution. The Jewish Position On Abortion Is Very Different From The Roman Catholic Position. That Is Reason To Be Cautious About Enacting Laws Rather Than Saying To The Religious Group: Instruct Your Followers On These Matters As Matters Of Personal Religious Belief.

When I Was At Notre Dame Studying Under Joe Evans, Frank O'malley, And Others, There Was A Very Lively Debate About The Distinction Between Natural Law And Revealed Truth. Most Of The Philosophers Of Church And State Expected That What Was Going To Be Advocated As The Law Of The Land Would Be Related To Natural Law. If You Attempted To Draw Lines About Certain General Moral Truths That Were Derivative Of Logic And Reason, They Would Prove To Be Widely Shared, And Therefore Suitable To Be Enacted Into Law On Both The Civic And Religious Sides.

The Notion That Big Business And Big Labor And Big Government Can Sit Down Around A Table Somewhere And Work Out The Direction Of The American Economy Is At Complete Variance With The Reality Of Where The American Economy Is Headed. I Mean, It's Like Dinosaurs Gathering To Talk About The Evolution Of A New Generation Of Mammals.