Defining Natural Law (Based on Biological Economics)

Findings

1. There are no natural rights, obligations, or privileges, only considerations.
2. Only reciprocal considerations would further homeostatic balance; therefore, whatever considerations are conferred upon one must be mutually conferred upon all, or an unacceptable imbalance will result.

Life is a process of Communication (energy transfer)that involves many levels of Connection.

• Beliefs are the fuel that power our Will to Exist; (conversely, our Will to Exist is the medium or channel through which we communicate our Beliefs).
  • Beliefs drive (and therefore are connected to) Choice.
• Choice is the fuel that powers our Liberty; (conversely, our Liberty is the medium or channel through which we communicate our Choices).
  • Choice drives (and therefore is connected to) Labor.
• Labor is the fuel that powers our physical person or Body; (conversely, our Body is the medium through which we communicate our Labor).
  • Labor is our means of connection to the Earth’s potential or stored energy, and our means of connection to others, through the communication (transduction, transformation, translation) of these raw energy resources, where they serve as a means of potential positive value for others.
  • Therefore,through beliefs, which drive choice, that guides labor toward production, others may connect, through the exercise of their choice, driven by their beliefs; thus, the process of life becomes circular, or interconnected.
• While Choice is always binary (to either connect or disconnect), Life cannot be communicated without connection, therefore the Will to Exist is the Will to Connect, and the Beliefs that fuel this Will to Connect—and serve as the means to express each person’s Life—are communications that also facilitate connection when they resonate with others.
  • Beliefs—as a form of communication—can indirectly produce positive value, but only if they serve as a means of connection toward some shared purpose that leads to Labor (the only source of positive value). Beliefs that communicate disconnection will produce only negative values.
• Because the process of Connection—through means such as Beliefs, Choices, and Labor—requires deliberate purpose (action), and all organisms are stubbornly willing to enact this purpose, a clear will to exist is being exhibited, which necessarily becomes the foundation of a ‘Natural Law’.

Conclusions (The Foundations of Natural Law)

I. Existence is the will of all known organisms.

To sustain existence, each person must have access to the means and mediums of their existence.Therefore, we will entrust each person with the means and mediums through which to enact their existence.

• The Human Body serves as the medium or vessel through which each person communicates their existence. To exist, each person must be afforded uninterrupted access to their Body. Therefore, we will entrust each person with ownership—and to take ownership—of their Body.
• Beliefs are the means of connection to each person’s deliberate purpose, which drives their will to exist. To exist, each person must be afforded uninterrupted access to theirBeliefs. Therefore, we will entrust each person with ownership—and to take ownership—of their Beliefs.
• The Choice whether to connect or disconnect in any given moment represents each person’s means of communicating their beliefs. To exist, each person must be afforded uninterrupted access to theirChoices. Therefore, we will entrust each person with ownership—and to take ownership—of their Choices.

II. Existence cannot be initiated, generated, or communicated without Connection.

To sustain existence, each person must have access to the means and mediums of their connection. Therefore, we will entrust each person with the means and mediums through which to enact their connection.

• Liberty serves as the medium or channel through which each person communicates their Choice. To connect, each person must be afforded uninterrupted access to theirLiberty. Therefore, we will entrust each person with ownership—and to take ownership—of their Liberty.
• Labor serves as each person’s means of connection to the Earth’s resources, as well as the means of translation (transformation) of those resources into positive value. To connect, each person must be afforded uninterrupted access to theirLabor. Therefore, we will entrust each person with ownership—and to take ownership—of their Labor.
• Shared Beliefs serve as our means of connection to each other. To connect, each person must be afforded uninterrupted access to theirShared Beliefs. Therefore, we will entrust each person with ownership—and to take ownership—of their Shared Beliefs.
• Human Institutions serve as the medium or channel through which each person communicates their Shared Beliefs. To connect, each person must be afforded uninterrupted access to the Institutions that house their Shared Beliefs. Therefore, we will entrust each person with ownership—and to take ownership—of their Shared Institutions.

III. Sustained Existence cannot be achieved without homeostatic balance.

To maintain homeostatic balance, each person is entrusted to own and take ownership of the means and mediums of their existence and connection but cannot forcibly own or take ownership of anyone else’s. Therefore, we will not entrust ourselves or anyone else with another person’s means and mediums of existence or connection. *

• Through each person’s unforced Connection to Shared Institutions, the dispersion of all values positive and negative can be managed such that relative homeostatic balance is maintained. The extraction of positive value by parasitic or predatory means would be considered a Forced Connection corrosive to the homeostatic balance of all.
  • Violence is the means through which Forced Connection is communicated; it appropriates or nullifies one or more of the means or mediums of existence and/or connection which have been reciprocally entrusted to each person and thus represent the only source of negative value gained through connection. Once the interconnectedness of existence is fully understood, violence against anyone will be seen to disturb the homeostatic balance of everyone.

[*Overall, to establish that a negative value is derived through any form of dependent relationship may help people establish clearer boundaries, so that support or advocacy need not turn into any form of codependency.]