Natural Moral Law Flashcards
Eudaimonia (Aristotle)
to be healthy wealthy and wise
eudaimonia (aquinas)
the summum bonum - divine union with god
eternal law
law in the mind of god which forms the order of the universe and its purposes
divine law
the bible and church teachings, especially 10 commandments
natural law
god purposes for humans, the moral law of god in human nature discoverable through use of reason
human law
secondary precepts, the rules made by human society in order to work successfully
Nichomachean ethics - aristotle “that which is natural…”
” what is natural is unchangeable and has the same power everywhere, just as fire burns both here and Persia.”
Summa theologica
“Ultimate and perfect happiness can consist only in the vision of the divine essence.”
Russell
“brute fact”
Kai Nielson and Hans Kung
there is no common human nature - our nature is not static, it changes
Karl Barth
claimed that people should recognise and accept the revelation of God in the Bible and this was the only source of truth - cannot rely on reason
G.E Moore
naturalistic fallacy - cannot derive an ought from an is
