Natural Law “Externalism” v. Law as “Moral Aspiration”

I have a revised draft of an essay I posted at the beginning of the year at the Ratio Juris blog available now at SSRN: Natural Law “Externalism” v. Law as “Moral Aspiration.” This is the first time I’ve used SSRN, so I’m curious how they’ll classify my contribution owing to the fact that I’m not affiliated with any law school or any other paper series in the network.

I welcome comments on the essay and want to thank Thom Brooks for provoking me to think aloud about topics broached in his paper, “Natural Law Internalism.”