Natural Moral Law Flashcards
1
Q
Who was Aquinas?
A
Aquinas was an Italian priest
2
Q
Why did Aquinas reason that the ultimate end cannot be found in this world?
A
- everything is impermanent and not eternal
3
Q
what is meant by the greatest happiness/ final end of humanity/ heaven?
A
eudaimonia
4
Q
What are the four tiers of law?
A
- The Eternal law
- The Divine law
- The Natural law
- The Human law
5
Q
what word means ‘do good and avoid evil’
A
Synderesis
6
Q
What is meant by eternal law?
A
- this is the absolute and eternal part of natural law
- God plants the eternal low in everyone’s rational soul