Natural law Flashcards
1
Q
What do natural lawyers believe?
A
All laws must have a moral content to be valid
2
Q
Morality
A
‘ a particular system of values and principles of conduct’
3
Q
‘ a particular system of values and principles of conduct’
A
morality
4
Q
What did Plato and Aristotle believe?
A
Morals are an inherent human quality and had one single objective standard
5
Q
Morals are an inherent human quality and has one single objective standard
A
Plato and Aristotle
6
Q
What did Saint Thomas Aquinas believe?
A
Morals are found in Christianity
7
Q
Morals are found in Christianity
A
Saint Thomas Aquinas
8
Q
Lon Fuller argued what?
A
- the purpose of the law is ‘to achieve social order’
- rejected religious origins of morality
9
Q
Natural law criticisms
A
- morality is subjective
- disagreement about where moral content originates
