Aquinas and Natural Law Flashcards
Cicero’s understanding.
True understanding is promulgated by God.
Hugh Grotius quote.
“There is no God,or that the affairs of humans are of no concern to Him.”
Eternal Law.
God’s will for how the universe is to be.
Manualists.
Believe the Ten commandments are part of God’s will.
Divine Law.
Laws which God reveals to us, e.g. the Ten Commandments.
Natural Law.
“Right reason in accordance with human life.”
Human Law.
Man-made regulations to maintain order.
St Paul’s quote.
“The law that is written on mens heart.”
Where does Natural Law date back to.
Aristotle’s ‘Nicomachean ethics’.
Divine Command Theory.
That something is moral because God makes it so.
Aquinas’ view on Divine Command Theory.
Disagrees, instead arguing that God commands that which is right.
Christian Humanism.
Belief that morality is rooted in reason whilst, whilst scripture develops it.
What does Aquinas implement into Natural Law from Aristotle.
Situationalism.
Cardinal Virtues.
- prudence.
- justice.
- courage.
- temperance.
Lex.
Specific regulation, e.g. a statute law.
Ius.
The principle of a law.
Thomas Hobbes quote.
“Law and right differ as much as obligation and liberty”.
Thomas Hobbes on Natural Law.
Must be understood as Ius.
Primary Precept.
“Do good and avoid evil”.
Secondary Precepts.
Points which follow on from the primacy precepts.
Five areas of moral conducts.
- Preservation of life.
- Ordering of society.
- Worship of God.
- Education of children.
- Reproduction.
Aquinas quote.
“Prudence entails not only consideration of the reason but also the application to action, which is the goal of practical reason.”
John Finnis’ book.
Natural Law and Natural Rights.
Finnis’ ‘basic forms of human flourishing’.
Knowledge, friendship, play, work, etc.
