Somebody once suggested to me that Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon thought that they would have educated the public sufficiently that no one would commit a capital crime.As for acting naturally,Rav Kook says in “Orot” that we were given the Taryag mitzvot and non-Jews the Sheva Mitzvot (or according to some opinions also the mishpatim) because these are the natural ways of life for Jews and non-Jews. It follows that we should obey natural law as it was conveyed by Hashem.
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