![]() using music as an analogy, how does Lewis distinguish the Moral Law form an instinct? An instinct is like one note on a keyboard or a key on a piano. Feeling a desire to help someone is different from knowing you ought to help whether you want to or not. what are some "herd instincts" that Lewis notes? motherly love, sexual instinct, or instinct for food are some "herd instincts" How is the Moral Law perceived or felt differently than an instinct, desire, or impulse? The Moral Law is perceived as an "ought." An instinct is perceived as a "want," "desire", or "impulse." Moral Law is what judges between two instincts and therefore is not itself either of the two. However, we all find ways and excuses to break the law. ![]() what is the other point that Lewis makes about our human Law of Nature? he says that none of us are really keeping the Law of Nature what does Lewis say in his final summary about the Law of Nature? in the end, we all have certain behavioral standards that we hold ourselves and others to. ![]() Men have different regards as to who you should be kind to, but they've always agreed on being kind. How does Lewis respond to this denial (that the Law of Human Nature is known to all men)? There have been differences between their moralities, but nothing like a total difference. ![]()
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