我的第一个任务是定义题目。当我运用自然法这个术语时,我是把它与其它性质的法,例如实在法,神法,科学法则相互区别的。当我们讨论实在法时,我们就注意立法、司法意见这样一些材料以及对它们的学术性的分析。如果我们谈到神法,我们就询问是否存在着可以认识的、来自上帝的谕旨。如果我们研究科学法则,我们就进行实验、做出观察和统计,以便获得对物质世界的客观的、可以证实的知识。 My first task is to define the title. When I use the term natural law, I distinguish it from other kinds of laws, such as the law of reality, the law of God, and the laws of science. When we discuss the law of the realities, we pay attention to some materials such as legislation and judicial opinions and their scholarly analysis. If we talk about the law of God, we ask whether there is an identifiable ummah from God. If we study the laws of science, we conduct experiments and make observations and statistics in order to obtain objective and verifiable knowledge of the material world.