Natural law Quotes Flashcards
FWD Epicurus
“is God willing to prevent evil but not able?, Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevont. Is he both able and willing? Then hence evil?”
William Rowe fawn in the forest
“It suffers and dies alone and does not lead to any ‘greater good’ whatsoever”
Swinburn FWD
“The less God allows men to bring about large scale horrors the less freedom and responsibility he gives them”
St Augustine FWD
“For a runaway horse is better than a stone”
Alvin Plantinga FWD
“Gods creation of persons with morally significant free will is something of tremendous value”
Mackie rejection of FWD
“why could he not have made men such that they always freely choose the good”
Aquinas normative ethics
“the light of reason is placed by nature in every man, to guide him in his acts towards his end”
Proportionalism Hoose
“It is never right to go against a principle unless there is a proportionate reason which would justify it”
Natural law primary precepts
“Natural law is the same for all men… there is a single truth for everyone”
“the natural law is altogether unchangeable in its first principle”
apparent good
“No evil can be desirable, either by natural appetite or by conscious will”
Double effect POJMAN
“It is sometimes permissible to do a good act despite knowing that it will bring about bad consequences”
Aquianas Human nature
“humans never knowingly perseve evil”
