Natural Law Flashcards

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Aquinas’ Natural law

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Particular view or natu e
Achieve end by supernatu so being
Normative deontological purpose despite teleo focus
Identifies sites of how we should behave

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Four levels of law

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Pleasure and happiness different 
Divine -bible 
Natural - primary precepts 
Eternal -principles god governs 
Human- seek common god from experienced judgements
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Primary precepts

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Preserve
Worship
Educate
Ordered
Reproduce
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Secondary precepts

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Secondary deduced from primary
Not universal in all circumstances
Don’t steal- war
Primary must be adhered 
Causitory- telo influence
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Three revealed virtues

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Faith— will, active assertion
Hope— constant to achieve spiritual energy to drive
love - reflected, key of morality, directs all to god
Define all others
Beatific vision- perfect happiness

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Cardinal virtues

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Prudence- sound judgements
Temperance- balanced manner
Fortitude- never broken- nobility
Justice- focus on others

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7
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Different types of acts and good

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Intention and acts

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Real goods and apparent goods

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Doesn’t have to followed

Good- normal
Apparent- fallen nature leads to not purposeful evil but used ability wrong

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