Natural Law, Rigorism And Laxity

We should uphold the existence of a natural law based on the dignity of the person and inscribed on the human heart. We have a responsibility to obey this law in free assent and according to conscience. There are two extremes of which we should be aware. We should avoid the excesses of the pessimism and rigorism that denies man the ability to do good and the liberalism and laxity that emancipates from the objective norms of moral conduct and leads hedonism. Both are susceptible to hypocrisy and modern forms of idolatry. We must be enlightened enough to preserve the most fundamental human values.