Here's a thought experiment:
Do You accept that natural law exists and that there's actual objective truth and morality?
If the answer is: no, 2/3 of the people agree with You, but do You really have an alternative view and what is that?
If the answer is: yes, 1/3 of the people agree with You. The chances are really high that You've thought this over before.
Physical law or moral law?
(Nearly) every physical scientist will agree that natural physical laws exists. But many will not agree that there are moral laws, in the way that nineteenth century natural philosophers and theologians would have done. Unmooring ourselves from religion first eroded the idea of moral laws (and is now attacking physical laws too)
The interesting thing is that if one would ask those same people the following question: do You believe karma exists? Over 80% would say yes.
Well, what or who created karma then? Isn't that moral law?
A silence follows often after that. 😉
Morality is a set of social agreements that allow a given society to function, different societies in different circumstances value different morals, as different morals convey different benefits.
I consider natural laws to be the ones defined scientifically, that is to say, no matter who tests them, you always reach the same result. Thus they exist by definition.
