Valuing and Defending: A New Natural Law Approach to the Family

Valuing and Defending: A New Natural Law Approach to the Family Stephen W. Francis Department of Psychology, BYU Master of Science Social science theories applied to the family make certain assumptions in the analytic categories of value-neutrality vs. value-ladenness, positivism vs. hermeneutics, and determinism vs. moral agency. New natural law, a different theory from the body of classical forms of natural law, provides a unique approach to the study of the family. New natural law provides a defense for the traditional conjugal family as well as provides difference conclusions and implications for empirical research.