4. Theories (1. Natural Law) Flashcards
There is an ongoing ______ debate between two conflicting ideas. The _____ ___ _____ and ______. The natural law theorist argue that for a law to be _____, the law must _____ with natural law. __ _____ _____ argued natural law is ____ and he argued that for law to be _____ it must first be _____. Another natural law theorist called ______ 2007 defined natural law as _____ conferred by ‘___, ______ or _____’. In ____ _____ __ ________ introduction to _______ he states “There are ______ _____ _______ which depend on the nature of the ______ & can be discovered by ______’
Theoretically Natural law theorists Positivists Valid Coincide St Thomas Aquinas Divine Value Moral Kelsen 2007 Rights 'God, Nature or reason Lord Lloyd of Hampsteads Jurisprudence Objective moral principles Universe Reason
What two things did St Thomas Aquinas argue?
- Natural law is divine
* For a law to be valid it must first be moral
What did Kelsen (2007) define natural law as ?
Rights conferred by ‘God, nature or reason’.
What did Lord Lloyd of Hampstead say in his Introduction to jurisprudence?
“There are objective moral principles which depend on the nature of the universe and can be discovered by reason”.
Who defined natural law as rights conferred by ‘God , nature or reason’.
Kelsen (2007)
Who argued that natural law is divine and for a law to be valid it must first be moral?
St Thomas Aquinas
Who said “There are objective moral principles which depend on the nature of the universe and can be discovered by reason”.
Lord Lloyd of Hampstead - Introduction to jurisprudence.
What do natural law theorists argue?
For a law to be valid, the law must coincide with natural law.
