Porter disregards the core of aquinass concept of natural law as a natural and truth attaining intellectual light enabling human beings to distinguish good from evil and thus continues the tradition of opposing in moral theory reason to nature keywords thomas aquinas moral pluralism natural law naturalism nature practical reason . Jean porter intends to develop a fresh construal of the natural law tradition which in its essentials corresponds to the thought of aquinas despite her great learning and subtleness of argument s. Nature as reason a thomistic theory of the natural law jean porter jason a fout 568 theology ethics and philosophy a heart for the world marcus braybrooke o books 2005 isbn 1 905047 43 6 viii 142 pp pb gbp1299 2495 marcus braybrooke has been a pillar of the interfaith movement for many years. Nature as reason a thomistic theory of the natural law jean porter jason a fout selwyn college university of cambridge search for more papers by this author jason a fout selwyn college university of cambridge search for more papers by this author first published 04 august 2006