Natural Law - Key Words

Question 1

Natural Law

Answer 1

Our innate ability to tell what is right and wrong

Question 2

Synderesis

Answer 2

We seek to do good and avoid evil - First of the Primary Precepts

Question 3

Primary Precepts

Answer 3

The general and unchanging principles of our innate knowledge of the difference between good and evil

Question 4

Secondary Precepts

Answer 4

The application of the Primary Precepts in conjunction with reason, they can be changed and adapted

Question 5

Apparent Goods

Answer 5

Acts done based on reason, rather than Natural Law

Question 6

Real Goods

Answer 6

Acts done based on Natural Law, rather than reason

Question 7

Natural Rights

Answer 7

Irrevocable rights possessed by humans based on being humans

Question 8

Eternal Law

Answer 8

God’s law which serves the ideal of all law and legal systems

Question 9

Divine Law

Answer 9

The law given by God to humanity in the Bible - The ten commandments

Question 10

Human Law

Answer 10

The Laws we establish by human reason as our social laws