Natural Moral Law Flashcards
What are the 5 Primary Precepts
To worship God
To live in an ordered society
Self preservation / the preservation of humanity
Continuation of species through reproduction
Education of children
Give two examples of Secondary Precepts
Thou shalt not kill
No contraception + homosexual intercourse
Give a positive of NML
Aquinas emphasised Interior rather than exterior actions
God knows what is in our hearts
What scripture emphasises interior rather exterior actions?
John 3:18 let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth
Give two negatives of NML
Not Applicable to modern society + not inclusive (Christian based ethic)
Contradictory
UK religion demographic
52 - atheist
38 - Christian
9 - other faith
What were the crusades?
A series of religious wars initiated supported and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period intended to recover Jerusalem and its surrounding are from Islamic rule
2 to 6 million people died (just from western Europe)
1 John 5:5
‘who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the son of God
What does Aquinas believe about intensive farming - summa Theologica
Aquinas believes humans can do as they please with animals since they do not have a rational soul (hierarchy of the souls)
‘it is not unlawful if man used plants for the good of animals and animals for the goof of man’
Summa theologica
intensive farming can solve problems of famine (WHO)
45 Percent of deaths amongst under 5 year olds are linked to undernutrition - preservation of humanity
Catechism of the Catholic Church - 2415
Christians should be stewards of the earth
“mans dominion over other living beings requires respect for the integrity of creation’
Summa contra gentiles , chapter 112
might go on to do the same to men
supports precept of education
god gave humans the intellectual sharpness to make scientific advances
