4 Kinds of Non-jural Laws

Divine Law - Pertains to the entire system of faultlessness and perfection that God has initiated to
govern the whole of creation, both living and non-living. All other laws would fall under the divine law
as it encompasses and governs not only human action but the whole universe as well. It encompasses
the dogmas of religious faith that give emphasis on the reparation of sins and salvation of life. As a rule
of action, Divine law is absolute.

Natural Law - Unwritten law permeating and governing nature as a rational harmony and orderly
pattern of different things and events without which the latter would be reduces to chaos and disarray.
It is not merely legal law because what is legal may not be naturally just. It is likewise absolute (Plato).
The precepts of natural law are righteousness, justice, equity and fairness. From these precepts the laws
that govern in computing is derived. E.g. piracy, pornography.

Moral Law - The precepts of this law include goodness, and virtuous conducts. Consists of moral norms
that ascertain and dictate what sort of behavior or conduct may or may not be expressed. What sort of
acts may or may be performed within a particular community. Generally recognized as the desirable
ethical norms and principles based on good and virtuous conduct that governs human actions

Example of human actions in computing that are compliant to the moral law

- Respect for others privacy and Intellectual rights

- Fidelity in the using information
- Honestly in the sharing of information
- Integrity in creating computer programs
- Condemnation of computer crimes and abuses

Physical Law - Known as Law of Nature but sometimes confused with natural law because on their
correlation with ordering sequences and uniformities of distinct things and occurrences that are relied
upon as being constant and regular, characterized by regularity and imperativeness. Regular because
once it becomes operative, its efficacy remains constant and unbreakable. It is imperative because it is
permanent and unchangeable. Without constancy, regularity, uniformity and imperativeness, an
occurrence or corporeal phenomena cannot be regarded as physical law of a law of nature

Relevance of These Laws

The concept of law is important in the study of ethics of which it is relevance to the ethics of computer
that we should know. For a better, it helps to know the regulation and limitation of individuals using a
computer. It can have a systematic arrangement by following and knowing the ethics itself.