natural moral law Flashcards
What did Aquinas believe?
God is immutable and therefore consistent
God is absolutely good and the purpose of creation was to reflect that goodness
laws of nature reflect Gods nature and regulate and created world
Everything has a final cause of humanity us eudaimoniq
Eternal law
Gods blueprint
for the natural and moral order of things
Divine law
Gods special revelation disclosed to humanity in the bible and the teachings of the catholics church which contains truths not discoverable by human reason but only through Gods grace
Natural moral law
Gods eternal law revealed through nature and interpreted by reason it is not dependent on belief in God or special revelation.
Human law
This refers to the systems of law built up by human societies on the basis of natural law
what was aquinas guiding principle
Seek good and avoid evil
the primary precepts
WORLD
the secondary precepts
applied to primary precepts
whatever hinders the primary precepts is wrong
real and apparent goods
humans confuse what seems to be good with what is actually good
real good is reached through the practice of the virtues
what are the 4 cardinal virtues
Prudence
justice
fortitude
temperance
How did manualists interpret the precepts
a lot more rigid and narrow than aquinas did
they cut out any reference to the virtues
what is proportionalism
states that the moral principle arising out of NML should be firmly upheld unless there is a proportionate reason for not doing so
