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Natural Law is law that derives from the basic human instincts of morality, it is the highest law of society, For example, nobody need ever tell a human killing another human is wrong, they know by virtue of human morality
Positive law is laws written and enacted by men, ie laws of a country eg constitution, acts of government etc
Eg. Murder is wrong, is a natural law
Eg You must stop at a red light while driving is a positive law
MGSmith BCL, MA JUR
It may be interesting to read the Nuremburg Trials of the Nazi's. When at trial the Nazi's claimed they had not broken any laws as they had followed all the laws of the country and all orders of their superiors (Herr Hitler) However, the judges decided that they had broken a higher law (Natural Law) That it is immoral to kill. The judges held that when a positive law (eg all Jews can be killed) conflicts with a natural law (murder is wrong) then one should always follow Natural Law and the Nazi's had failed to do this, they should have disobeyed their orders on virtue of natural law being the supreme law. Ironically because of this they were sentenced to death
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Difference between natural number and integer?
natural numbers can not be negative. integers can be both positive and negative.
What is a positive difference in math terms?
When you subtract the smaller number from the larger number in the problem. The answer should always be positive.
What is the difference between the set of whole numbers and the sets of counting numbers?
The set of counting (natural) numbers is the set of all positive integers, while the set of whole numbers is the set of all positive integers included zero.
Is the difference of a positive integer and negative integer always a positive?
No, a positive minus a negative can be either or positive or a negative.
What is the difference about positive and negative?
negative is below zero, positive is above
