Social Philosopher and Political Economist If man lived
according to natural law he would be free to enjoy the full
realisation of his gifts and innate aspirations. But to live
according to natural law means that the laws of nature must be
observed and reasoned through. This is particularly the case
with the natural laws of human society and the creation and
enjoyment of wealth. That there is poverty in any society, or
limits on the actualisation of any individuals talents or
vocation is a clear sign, from nature, that a society is ordered
in some way against natural law. Human society is part of the
ecosystem just like every other part or aspect of the world or
the universe and nature has made provision for the human species
in the total order of things just as with everything else. This
natural order extends from the simple needs of food and shelter
all the way through all strata of society, in all its
institutions, its government, its culture and its spiritual
aspirations to transcendent truth. But unlike