Chapter 3.2: Natural Law

Question 1

______ wrote that nature is organized for good purposes. Aquinas went on to say that God created nature and rules the world by “______________”

Answer 1

Thomas Aquinas

divine reason

Question 2

Aquinas wrote most extensively about

Answer 2

natural law

Question 3

He stated, “the light of reason is placed by nature [and thus by God] in every man to guide him in his acts.” Therefore, human beings, alone among God’s creatures, use reason to lead their lives.

Answer 3

Natural law

Question 4

It is the source of the moral thinking that directs us towards the “Good”.

Answer 4

Reason

Question 5

ultimate goal of the person’s actions

Answer 5

good

Question 6

discoverable within the person’s nature

Answer 6

good

Question 7

And that the basic goal of natural law ethics is

Answer 7

“to do good and avoid evil”.

Question 8

Suitable to human nature, if it is done accordance with conscience.

Answer 8

Good

Question 9

The inner voice of the intellect or reason which calls the human person to follow our moral, that is to do good, and avoid evil. It serves as the guide in making moral decisions.

Answer 9

Conscience

Question 10

The inner voice of the intellect or reason which calls the human person to follow our moral, that is to do good, and avoid evil.

Answer 10

Conscience

Question 11

It serves as the guide in making moral decisions

Answer 11

Conscience

Question 12

best-known work of Thomas Aquinas

Answer 12

Summa Theologiae or Summa Theologica

Question 13

a scholastic theologian and Doctor of the Church.

Answer 13

Thomas Aquinas

Question 14

Presenting the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the ____

Answer 14

West

Question 15

Summa follow the following cycle: (7)

Answer 15

God; Creation, Man; Man’s purpose; Christ; the Sacraments; and back to God.

Question 16

The Summa is divided into three parts that may be said to treat of

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God, Man, and Christ (or the God-Man)

Question 17

Explored the idea of a transcendent good or one that exists prior to and is the source of all beings.

Answer 17

Greek Heritage

Question 18

____ conceived of this as the form of the good

Answer 18

plato

Question 19

analyzed beings according to their material, formal, efficient, and final causes, explaining what they are made of, their form or essence, what brings them into being, and their purpose.

Answer 19

Aristotle

Question 20

God Creates. He brings about beings, cares for, and governs the activities of the universe, and of every creature.

Answer 20

Neoplatonic Good

Question 21

Neoplatonic Good is inspired by _____ ____, the fundamental belief of the Christian faith has been shaped and defined by an idea stated in the work of Plato

Answer 21

Divine Revelation

Question 22

Credited for giving the subsequent history of philosophy in one of its most convincing and enduring ideas: The notion of a supreme and absolutely transcendent good.

Answer 22

Plato

Question 23

Ideal society (Operates under expectable standards ethically, morally, spiritually, and socially.)

Answer 23

The republic

Question 24

Ideal Society into 3 Classes

Answer 24

Ruler
Auxiliaries
Producers

Question 25

Kings and Guardians

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Ruler

Question 26

Warriors & Defenders

Answer 26

Auxiliaries

Question 27

Farmers, Artisans, & Laborers

Answer 27

Producers

Question 28

Aristotelian Being and Becoming
4 Causes:

Answer 28

Maternal Cause
Formal Cause
Efficient Cause
Final Cause

Question 29

The material components or elements possess certain mentality or physical stuff

Answer 29

Maternal Cause

Question 30

the idea, concept on felt need. The shape that makes a being a particular kind

Answer 30

Formal Cause

Question 31

The agent, there is something which brings about the presence of another being

Answer 31

Efficient Cause

Question 32

the result or output

Answer 32

Final Cause

Question 33

possess certain materiality or physical stuff

Answer 33

Material Cause

Question 34

The shape that makes a being a particular kind

Answer 34

Formal Cause

Question 35

There is something which brings about the presence of another being

Answer 35

Efficient Cause

Question 36

not the case of something which is already permanently set as it is and remains unchanging

Answer 36

Being

Question 37

Process of becoming or the possibility of change that takes place in a being. This principle introduce by Aristotle as ___ and ___.

Answer 37

Potency
Act