VII. Natural Law

Question 1

Italian Catholic priest who belonged to the Order of Preachers (Dominican Order)

Answer 1

st. thomas aquinas

Question 2

aquinas was born in ____ and lived until ____

Answer 2

• 1225
• 1274

Question 3

at what age did he join the seminary

Answer 3

19

Question 4

aquinas is best known as a proponent of the theory of ______

Answer 4

natural law

Question 5

______ is important to everyone regardless of their religious belief

Answer 5

morality

Question 6

humans are created with ____ and are able to discern what is right and wrong through ____

Answer 6

• intellect
• reason

Question 7

morality is not simply a matter of personal or cultural preference but is grounded in a _______

Answer 7

universal human nature

Question 8

aquinas developed the idea of _____ which means, “even if God did not exist”

Answer 8

Etsi Deus Non Daretur

Question 9

ultimate source of reality

Answer 9

God

Question 10

God’s _____ should guide human behavior

Answer 10

principles

Question 11

can natural law still be valid without reference to God?

Answer 11

yes

Question 12

based on the inherent dignity of human beings

Answer 12

natural law

Question 13

chapter and verse wherein it is discussed that human beings have the ability to use their intellect to follow the will of God and to discern what is right and wrong

Answer 13

Genesis 1:27

Question 14

how are humans different from other beings?

Answer 14

they are able to act voluntarily and make moral decisions

Question 15

st. thomas aquinas was a prominent ____ thinker

Answer 15

Christian

Question 16

ordinance of divine wisdom, which is made known to us by reason and which requires the observance of the moral order

Answer 16

natural law

Question 17

natural law is the ____ law as far as it made known by human reason

Answer 17

eternal

Question 18

by ______, we mean all that God necessarily decrees from eternity

Answer 18

eternal law

Question 19

eternal law is what God wills for ______

Answer 19

creation

Question 20

what is ethical according to the natural law ethics framework is that which the ______ commands us to do

Answer 20

natural law

Question 21

do ____, ____ evil

Answer 21

• good
• avoid

Question 22

types of law

Answer 22

• natural law
• positive law
• natural law
• divine law
• human law

Question 23

divine wisdom that directs all beings toward their end, God Himself

Answer 23

eternal law

Question 24

written in the hearts of men

Answer 24

natural law

Question 25

those enacted by God or men

Answer 25

positive laws

Question 26

decreed by God in the 10 commandments and in the new commandment of love taught and exemplified by Jesus Christ

Answer 26

divine law

Question 27

promulgated by persons

Answer 27

human law

Question 28

characteristics of natural law

Answer 28

• flows from the intrinsic difference between right and wrong, which is determined by the very essences of things
• the same at all times, in al places, and for all persons
• emanates from God alone
• is promulgated through the light of reason

Question 29

characteristics of positive law

Answer 29

• depends on the free will of God
• not the same at all times, places, and for all persons
• may be changed with changing circumstances or if the law-giver so wills
• requires for their promulgation a sign external to person

Question 30

ordinance of reason promulgated for the common good by one

Answer 30

law