The Nature of the Law of NatureHumans are complex beings. They adapt, learn, have intelligence and free will, can reason, feel emotions and have consciousness. Although such qualities and attributes elevate humans above the rest of other life forms, one might wonder where the idea of ​​consciousness and emotions comes from. What exactly stimulates our responses to certain situations and problems? The answer lies in human nature. What we, as humans, think is right or wrong is somehow dictated by something that is simply beyond the individual. The underlying question, then, is what is this outside influence: nature, our inherent human qualities themselves, or a man-made composite of other people and experiences? In more specific terms, the question is whether our morality and our adherence to a moral code is something fixed and constant throughout humanity itself. Francis Bacon said that one must first obey nature before one can use it, and the same concept applies to humans. Before you can pass judgment on people, groups, ideas, or beliefs, you must first have a standard to compare that behavior to. If there is no true law of nature, then no standard is set, and one thing cannot be compared to another because the standard is set only by opinion and not by fact. In reality, the law of nature is a reality independent of man-made ideas, although the way humans think is definitely influenced by the environment. Let's first address the question of the impact of the environment on a person's moral development. . In Bonfire of the Vanities, author Tom Wolfe quotes physiologist José Delgado, asserting that "each person is a transient composite of materials borrowed from the environment" (Wolfe 512). This concept is significant because it demonstrates that people derive certain aspects from the environment that ultimately shape their character. The idea of ​​a composite also shows that we are not simply independent individuals, but that, as O'Malley describes, we are social beings (O'Malley 104). However, this does not mean that our inherent human nature is dictated by the environment; remember, Delgado says composite is transient. If each person is not constant, then their instincts do not change, just their own logic. CS Lewis described the scenario of a man who sees a person drowning and has two instincts: help them or keep going, and usually the instinct that is more self-protective is stronger (Lewis Ch..