What's a neutral law?

[fakename]

What’s a good example of a neutral law,

and what’s the natural law reason (that is, what purely natural argument) behind following a neutral law?

 

[SonCatcher]

I would suppose that a neutral law is one with no moral implications. The speed limit would be an example of that. There is no moral consequence of traveling at any given speed, whether it be measured in inches per year or AUs per minute (fun fact: such extreme speed would actually be faster than light).

I’m not sure what the natural law reason would be to keep a neutral law, however. The neutral law helps keep order within society, so insofar as the natural law mandates order, I suppose it applies.

 

[fakename]

user "Son Catcher":

I’m not sure what the natural law reason would be to keep a neutral law, however. The neutral law helps keep order within society, so insofar as the natural law mandates order, I suppose it applies.

but sometimes a neutral law like the speed limit can be inappropriate (limit is set too high or too low) so that the law is unnatural, because it does not do its job of keeping order.

but if something is unnatural then it is immoral so the law would not even be neutral in this case but would be an unjust law.

Is that true? or is the law extrinsically non-neutral and intrinsically neutral?

 

[bmullins]

If we are supposed to follow the law, even if the law has no moral consequence… doesn’t it receive a moral consequence when we do not follow the law, not because the law itself is morally neutral but because God himself indicates that we as Christians should follow the law?

In that case is it ever possible to have a neutral law?

 

[fakename]

user"bmullins":

In that case is it ever possible to have a neutral law?

well said, but there may be such a thing as intrinsically neutral but extrinsically non-neutral as I alluded to.

So what is the natural law argument(s) that we should follow neutral laws?