Well, yes, but no...
Natural Law by way of the English Common Law, comes from Celtic Common Law.
You can argue all you want, but I can sufficiently argue Nature's God, as defined by English Common Law, IS Yahovah. Pointedly so by the time of Locke and Burke.
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" Well yes, but no"; What on earth are you talking about?????
Some years ago Russell Kirk, a colleague of Wm. Buckley penned
"The Conservative Mind" for the Heritage Foundation.
His work derived from Burke and his wise predecessors, reaching back to Plato.
In summary, Kirk asserted that the Natural Law was a body of enduring precepts
that formed the basis for a moral order necessary to direct human conduct and
allow the survival as well as permit the sustainability of Mankind.
These precepts, born in the Fertile Crescent commencing around 8,000 B.C. were
uncovered through timeless reflection, by applying the rules of logic and reason.
An example is a Rule: Man cannot kill and its Contrary: Man can kill.
Since life promotes the survival of the species, it's obvious which, Rule or Contrary,
promotes a moral order sustaining Mankind.
Conservatism evolved through the Natural Law, promoted by the wise Greeks
of Antiquity, among them Aristotle.
It is a body of timeless principles governing human conduct involving attitudes,
behaviors, impulses and sentiments concerning Mankind and has no need of
economics, ideology, politics and/or religion for its intuitive appeal and support.
Kirk enumerated the following principles:
* the family unit is the eternal bedrock of all civilization.
* custom and convention are hallmarks of stability in culture/society.
* prescription accepts the precedent of usage as superior to current whim.
* prudence mandates that current decisions be measures against future consequences.
* as Man is created unequal because of the Soul, variety must be fostered to spur creativity.
* since Man is not a perfectible creature, tolerance needs to be encouraged.
* private property and personal freedom are catalysts for individual responsibility.
* collectivism is destructive of voluntarism.
* permanence and change must be reconciled for the good of the nation/state.
* the impulse of government to control must be curtailed for the good of its people.
As for Common Law, be it Celtic, English, Scottish or Navaho for that matter;
it emerged almost 10,000 years after the Fertile Crescent and had absolutely
nothing to do w/the evolution of the Natural Law and by extension, Conservatism.
Webster's Dictionary will define for you, the difference between a fact and an opinion.