Natural Moral law - St thomas Aquinas Flashcards
What is natural law?
The laws of right and wrong are the same for all people, in all places, at all times
every human can discover the natural law.
Natural law and Gods creation?
God created humans in imago dei so humans have an in -built knowledge of what it is to be good
People will automatically follow Natural Law if they use their conscience and ability to reason in the right way.
What are the main principles of natural law?
- woship God
- ordered society
- reproduce
- Learning
- Defend the innocent
there are some unviersal laws that all humans have to obey; laws against murder, child abuse , theft and lying.
How does this link to the goodness of God?
The ability to find out natural law shows the universe is created by a God who is good.
The ability to recognise suffering as an evil is a sign that we have this God-given ability to tell the difference between good and evil.
How can this change a Catholics life?
Catholics will use the principles of Natural law to decide what the best course of acciton is in a particular situation
CAtholics will use natural law as it allows evryone to work out whgat the right things to do is any given situation including modern - day dilemmas that Jesus never had the opportunity to speak about.
