Going on with his reflection on the "moral and natural law", in relation to "ethical relativism", then Benedict XVI added: "But if it was like that, the majority of one moment would become the last source of law. With great clarity, history shows that majorities may be wrong". Therefore, according to the Pope, "real rationalism is not granted by the consensus of a high number, but only by the openness of human reason to the creating Reason, by the common listening to this Source of our rationality". Then Benedict XVI added: “When the fundamental needs of the dignity of the human person, of his life and the family institution, and of fairness in the social order are at stake, that is, the fundamental rights of man, no law made by man can subvert the rule written by the Creator in the heart of man, without the society itself being dramatically hit in what represents its indefeasible basis". (to be continued)
