Are all other precepts of man's practical reason consequent upon these three first principles and their subordination?
Yes, all other precepts or determinations of the practical reason which affirm that this or that thing is or is not good for this or for that man, and binding him to do or to refrain from doing, are consequent more or less remotely. upon these three first principles and their subordination (XCIV. 2).
Are these other precepts or determinations of the practical reason, which are consequent, more or less remotely, upon the three first principles of the natural law, identical for all men?
No, these other precepts or determinations are not the same for all; for according to the degree one recedes from first principles, or from those things, which for all are essential as regards the good of the individual, the good of the species, and the good of reason, one enters the sphere of positive precepts, which can vary almost without end according to the diversity of individual conditions of different human beings (XCIV. 4).
Who makes these other precepts which can vary almost without end according to the diversity of the individual conditions of different men?
They are made by the individual reason of each human being or by a competent authority in each of the different groups of human beings that form some society in particular.
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