God, New Natural Law Theory, and Human Rights

Critics of the “New” Natural Law (NNL) theory have raised questions about role divine in that theory. This paper considers regard to its account human rights: can NNL rights be sustained without a more or less explicit advertence “the question God’s existence nature will”? It might seem Finnis’s “elaborate sketch” includes full even prior introduction his reflections on concluding chapter and Rights. But this essay, I argue an adequate cannot, fact, some for creative activity two dimensions, ontological motivational. These dimensions must distinguished from epistemological dimension rights, is, whether access truths is possible reference existence, nature, will. The view such possible. However, will argue, cannot entirely cabined off relevant motivational issues framework accommodate fact difficulty.