that which flows out of Aristotelian metaphysics. We will begin by making a number of distinctions and definitions. We will then go into greater detail concerning the two metaphysical foundations of natural law, and, finally, some epistemological elements of natural law, which flow out of the metaphysical foundations. We hope to show that a coherent natural law theory depends upon a particular philosophical position, and, secondly, that this philosophical position and the natural law theory which
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