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In actual practice, I mostly see Natural Law cited as an excuse for homophobia, used in a manner which is transparently reasoning backwards from conclusions. I imagine that actual philosophers might occasionally make better use of it, but I am put off the idea.



Natural law or appeal to human nature? Can you cite an example?




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