Natural Moral Law Flashcards
what is deontological ethics?
- based on the intention of the moral agents
- we cannot bend the rules even once when it suits us
what concepts did Aquinas borrow from Aristotle to develop NML?
- telos
- eudaimonia
what did Aristotle say the 4 causes are for anything to exist?
- a material cause
- a formal cause
- an efficient cause
- a final cause
quote for everyone knowing natural moral law as god instilled it in everyone?
“gentiles who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law”
what will the telos bring?
- humanity into unity and fellowship with God and enable the reaching of the highest human potential
what does Aquinas believe about reason and freedom?
- we were given it by God to discover and fulfil out natural purpose
what are the 5 primary precepts?
- to preserve life
- to reproduce
- to educate
- to worship God
- to create and ordered society
what NML believe about homosexual acts?
- there immoral as they can’t lead to reproduction which is a primary precept
what is proportionalism?
- a mid way between the absolutism of NML and other situation ethics
what is a proportionate reason for an abortion?
- if the mothers life’s in danger, its argued there’s a proportionate reason to abandon that rule of NML and permit an abortion
what is the doctrine of double effect?
- holds that even if an act has ethically bad consequences, the action is not wrong so long as the intention was good
what’s an example of where the doctrine of double effect can be put in place?
- killing an attacker in self defence
how come everyone has access to NML?
- we all have the same essence of God
what is the synderesis rule?
‘do good, avoid evil’
quote for doing good through replicating mature?
“there is an inclination to do good in accordance with nature”
