Primary Precepts And Secondary Precepts

Question 1

Aquinas thought that in all human beings, “there’s an ? to do good” because “every substance seems the ? of its own being”.

Answer 1

Inclination.

Preservation.

Question 2

Aquinas made preservation of life the first of five ? precepts: to worship God, to live in an ordered ?, to reproduce, to learn and to defend the ?

Answer 2

Primary.
Society.
Innocent.

Question 3

As a result of the ? primary precepts, humans should, “shun ignorance and avoid ? those among whom one has to live”.

Answer 3

Five.

Offending.

Question 4

A moral act leads towards the ? or cosmic intention for humanity. These acts fit the ? humans were made for and are in line with the primary ? and so are good. Acts which aren’t made in accordance with the primary precepts are ?

Answer 4

Divine.
Purpose.
Precepts.
Bad.

Question 5

Secondary precepts are ? from primary precepts. They’re application of the primary precepts into certain ?

Answer 5

Deduced.

Situations.

Question 6

It’s possible for ? precepts to vary as they’re based on the application of primary precepts into ? that may differ.

Answer 6

Secondary.

Circumstances.

Question 7

Euthanasia is prohibited by ? law due to the precept of preserving ? The Catholic Church teaches that ? is the denial of a natural instinct to live, although people may argue about the ? of life lived.

Answer 7

Natural.
Life.
Suicide.
Nature.