Natural law and positive law may also be thought of as nature versus nurture; are we taught to behave the way we do or are we naturally inclined to understand what is right and what is wrong?

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        Natural law and positive law may also be thought of as nature versus nurture; are we taught to behave the way we do or are we naturally inclined to understand what is right and what is wrong?  Philosophers and people of the like such as Thomas Hobbes or John Locke take different looks on man and his ability to be good and evil.  Locke believed that people are predisposed to be good and moral on their own[1], but can people really inherit or have genetics that tell us to be able to differentiate between good and bad, or similarly right and wrong? Thomas Hobbes contradictable to Locke believed that peace would be sustained among people only if there was written law because man is not naturally good and moral[2]. Society cannot live in anarchy; people need to have a set of rules in order to live a peaceful and orderly life.  Therefore, positive law must exist to ensure societies survival because not all people are capable of natural goodness and morality.                 With natural law comes a very controversial subject: the mind of a psychopath and the
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idea that biological differences can make us sway from morality. If genetic changes in the human brain can result in disorders like autism and make every single human being so individual from the next, could it not make someone have the urge to rape or kill another? Serial killers along with psychopaths have been found to have cognitive differences that do not allow them to feel empathy or remorse, or in general have the ability to control their urges to kill[3]. Therefore if some people do not possess the ability to control their actions and have a sense of conscience ...

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