Natural Moral Law Theory - Questions to consider Flashcards
1
Q
Do you have to be religious to know what ‘good’ is?
A
No but connection with God allows goodness.
2
Q
How can humans access this ‘good’?
A
God’s eternal law, natural law, law revealed in the old testament, the law of the Gospel, church law and civil law.
3
Q
How do we know what is ‘good’?
A
“The natural law is engraved in the soul of every man, because human reason tells him to do good and avoid evil.”
4
Q
What does it mean to be ‘good’?
A
Natural - God made us and nature
God had written the laws on the souls.
5
Q
Is NML teleological or deontological?
A
Deontological
