NML Quotes Flashcards
Cicero on natural moral law
“true law is correct reason congruent with nature […] both everlasting and unchangeable”
Aquinas on reason
“the light of reason is placed by nature in every man, to guide him in his acts towards his end”
Aquinas on natural law
“the rational creature’s participation in the eternal law”
Hughes on non human beings’ instincts
“the non-human parts of creation reflect the eternal law in a deterministic way: they inevitably behave according to the natures they have”
Aquinas on the central principle of NML
“good is to be done and pursued, and evil is to be avoided”
Aquinas on self preservation
“every substance seeks the preservation of its own being”
Aquinas on the secondary precepts
“the secondary principles […] may be changed in […] some special causes hindering the observance of such precepts”
Aquinas on apparent goods
“evil acts in virtue of a defective good”
Pinckaers on the beatific vision
“full happiness […] reside[s] […] in the loving vision of God”
Pelagius on having virtues
“do these good qualities pleasing to God come to men who are strangers to him […] it [is] from the good of nature”
Pelagius on nurturing virtues
“it is not believing in Christ that matters; it is becoming like him”
Catechism of the Catholic Church on theological virtues
“the theological virtues are the foundation of Christian moral activity”
St Paul on love
“[It] binds everything together in perfect harmony”
Aquinas on the principle of double effect
“if he repels force with moderation his defense will be lawful”
Pujman on the double effect
“humanity has an essentially rational nature, and reason can discover the right action in every situation by following an appropriate exceptionless principle”
