While many of the Reformers considered natural law unproblematic, many Protestants consider natural law a «Catholic thing,» and not persuasive. Natural law, it is thought, competes with the Gospel, overlooks the centrality of Christ, posits a domain of pure nature, and overlooks the noetic effects of sin. This «Protestant Prejudice,» however strong, overlooks developments in contemporary natural law quite capable and willing to incorporate the usual objections into natural law. While the...
