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Law Flashcards

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Is an ordinance of reason promulgated by competent authority for the sake of the common good?

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Law

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Laws can only be enacted not for the private good of a few citizens

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Common Good

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The official publication of a law, so that it can come to knowledge of the subjects

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Promulgation

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4 importance or relevance of moral norms/laws

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  1. Provide the objective criteria for our own conscience to judge what is morally good or evil
  2. Help our moral development, especially in the formation of our conscience
  3. Offer the needed moral stability in our lives by acting as a point of reference
  4. Challenge us to stretch for an ideal beyond our limited experience and correct our moral misconceptions in the process
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5
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Laws are necessary in order that it becomes obligatory and where laws can only be enacted by those in charge of the community as a legitimate authority

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Promulgation

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Law is an obligatory force and not merely as recommendation or suggestion and it must be based on the insights of reason into what is truly good

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Ordinance/Degree of Reason

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It is the universal law whereby God directs and governs the universe and the ways of human community according to his plan of wisdom and love

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Eternal law

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It is the civil law and ecclesiastical law

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Human law

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Is the plan of God in creating the universe and in assigning to each creature their specific nature?

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Eternal law

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4 kinds (or classes) of law

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  1. Eternal/divine law
  2. Natural law
  3. Moral law/revealed law
  4. Human law
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According to St. Thomas, it is the plan flowing from God’s wisdom which directs all actions and movement

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Eternal law

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It is the old law and the new law or law of the gospel

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Moral law/revealed law

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13
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Laws which govern the development of living things

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Biological laws

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It is the law written and engraves in the soul of each and every man because it is human reason ordaining him to do good and forbidding him to sin

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Natural law

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Laws which is the participation of eternal law in rational creature

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Natural law

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Each being tends towards a particular end that revels the will of God which contains the divine blue prints that bring order into the universe by directing all of creation, living or nonliving, to their respective end-goals

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Eternal law

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17
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Laws which rule both irrational and rational creatures

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Physical laws

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18
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Laws which governs abstract quality

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Mathematical laws

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A type of divine wisdom. The creator, therefore, has in himself the type of what creatures are to do to attain their end and purpose

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Eternal law

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3 reason why we should learn the laws that govern the universe

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  1. We gain freedom
  2. Freedom within these laws
  3. Increases our freedom
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According to St. Augustine, it is the divine reason and/or the will of God Himself commanding the preservation of natural law and forbidding its disturbance

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Eternal law

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Pertains to the moral insights of people are capable of knowing by means of their reason, and independently of verbal revelation to God

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Natural law

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The basic precept of natural

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Do good, avoid evil

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Is a participation in God’s wisdom and goodness by man formed in the image of his Creator?

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Natural law

25
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Natural law is one and the same for all classes of people possess equal dignity hence possess equal rights

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Unity and invariability

26
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The medium of cognition is reason alone

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Natural law

27
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God is the author of the laws governing the universe. He designed all the laws of the universe in His own infinite mind

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Eternal law

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Natural law cannot be changed

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Immutability

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Governs man’s/woman’s behavior. Contains truths and ethical principles which guide people’s conduct on matters of right or wrong

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Moral law

30
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Is a preparation for the Gospel? It is overflowing with wisdom

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Old law

31
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5 laws of the Lord

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  1. The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul
  2. The decree of the Lord is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple
  3. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart
  4. The command of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes
  5. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and all of them just
32
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Is the grace of the Holy Spirit received by faith in Christ, operating through charity? It finds expression above all in the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount

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New law

33
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Is the first stage or revealed law. Its moral prescriptions are summed in the Ten Commandments

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Old law

34
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The application of natural law in given societies

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Civil laws (state)

35
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The law sets us free from the ritual and juridical observances of the old law, inclines us to act spontaneously by the prompting of charity

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Law of freedom

36
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6 properties of human law

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  1. It is enforceable
  2. It is concerned with external conduct only
  3. It is limited to particular groups
  4. It is historically conditioned
  5. It has presumptive obligatory force
  6. It is fallible
37
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Contains regulation promulgated by legitimate human authority intended to preserve peace and harmony directing each members of the society to word towards the common good

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Human law

38
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Human law is inevitably changed

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It is historically conditioned

39
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Fulfills and surpasses the old law and brings it to perfection: its promises, through the beatitudes of the kingdom of heaven; its commandments, by reforming the heart, the root of human acts.

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New law

40
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It specifies what a person ought or not to do in order to lead one to the highest good and absolute end – God

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Moral law

41
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In human law, coercion is necessary

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It is enforceable

42
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5 inclinations of human nature and the natural law

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  1. The inclination to the good
  2. The inclination to self-preservation
  3. The inclination to sexual union and rearing of offspring
  4. The inclination to knowledge of the truth
  5. The inclination to live in society
43
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The law makes us act out of the love infused by the Holy Spirit, rather than from fear

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Law of love

44
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Natural law for all individuals

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Universality

45
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The law confers the strength of grace to act, by means of faith and the sacraments

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Law of grace

46
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The application of divine law to the Christian community

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Ecclesiastical law (Church)

47
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The human law is the social order and external compliance of the law

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It is concerned with external conduct only

48
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It tells one how to act in relation to God and other individuals

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Moral law

49
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Is a law of love, a law of grace, a law of freedom?

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New law

50
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The human law is limited only to the community

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It is limited to particular groups

51
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2 divisions of human law

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  1. State – civil laws

2. Church – ecclesiastical law

52
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Human Laws must: (5)

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  1. Conform with divine laws
  2. Promote the common good
  3. Just and not discriminatory
  4. Dynamic
  5. Practicable
53
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3 essential characteristics of natural law

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  1. Universality
  2. Unity and invariability
  3. Immutability
54
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In human law, the subjects has no right to disobey the law even have doubts about utility or justice

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It has presumptive obligatory force

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