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✅Natural Moral Law Flashcards

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Who’s Thomas Aquinas

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Catholic priest. Dominican order. The dumb ox.

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Aquinas natural law

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Moral code existing within the purpose of nature, created by God

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Which type of ethical approach is NML

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Deontological.
Ethically ‘good’
The duty/deon where one follows the act if the act itself is good
The end/tells and consider if the end is good and justifies the act in getting there

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The four causes

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Aquinas borrowed Aristotle’s idea.
Material, efficient, formal and final.
Final cause is the purpose and main cause to fulfil purpose of life.
We seek well being- eudaimonia, the stoics believe university has basic design and purpose, the idea of morality is that natural purpose of life is natural law

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Eudaimonia definition

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General all round happiness and well being which enables us to thrive. M

Human flourishing

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Influences of the bible on Aquinas

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Paul’s letter to the Romans

10 commandments

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Four cardinal virtues

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Prudence
Justice
Fortitude
Temperance

All of these are fundamental qualities for a good moral life

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Seven deadly sins

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Seven vices;

Pride, avarice, lust, envy, gluttony, anger and sloth

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What are the 4 different types of law

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Eternal
Divine
Natural
Human

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What is eternal law

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Gods will and wisdom
The top law.
Comes from good, included all laws of creation and physics.

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What is divine law

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Golds will and wisdom given in scripture through church
2nd most important.
Made to help Christians understand eternal law.
Eg, 10 commandments etc

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What is natural law

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Gods law is known in humans

Doesn’t build on reason, but we use reason to understand it

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What is human law

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Derived from God

Law implanted by humans which ultimately originated from God

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What are the primary precepts?

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WORLD

Worship
Order society 
Reproduce 
Learn
Defend innocent
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What are the secondary prevents

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Absolute, eg
Using contraception is always wrong, as it goes against first precept of reproducing.
2nd precepts we serviced from 1st precepts using reason.

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Malala quote

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“I said to myself, Malala. You must not be afraid of anyone. You are only trying to get an education. You are not committing a crime”

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Facts about Malala

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Activist
She fought for her natural right to have an education. We have a right to learn, one of the first precepts
Divine command theory- says what’s in the bible mirrors what we know in our hearts

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What is the purpose of human beings

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The goal or purpose for humans to aim for is eudaimonia. The image of God. The supreme good. This fulfilment is a drawing closer to God, true happiness will be found in after life

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What is a law?

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“A certain rule and measure of acts whereby man is induced to act or is restrained from acting.” -summa theologica.

All types of laws which reason can testify. Order is based on freedom.
If laws go wrong, choose a person to lead yet this power can be abused- eg hitler.

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Cicero quote

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“True law is right reason in agreement with nature, it’s w universal application, unchanged and everlasting”

This understanding, true everywhere is promoted and made widely known by God. But we can have laws without God. As we are rational creatures, we are capable of doing things right or wrong.

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Eternal law in depth

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Exists in all time and places.
Unchanged and universal.
It is God himself.
God planted eternal law into every person rational soul
None of us can grasp the entirely EL, only God
Way to understand eternal law is through NL
“The rational guidance of things in God, as in the existing ruler of the universe, it is fitting to call it eternal” -Summa theologica

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Divine law in depth

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God revealed laws to us via sacred scripture.
Absolute, authoritative, we could never have found it ourselves.
None of divine law contradicts with eternal law
For Aquinas, divine law teaches us natural reason

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Natural law definition in depth

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Right reason in accordance with human nature
People who haven’t ready divine law will still know eternal law through natural law.
Allows humans to understand that eternal law through human reason.
Humans have been given recta ratio- reasoning- as a gift from God
Enables our telos- human flourishing.

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Recta ratio sedition

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Reasoning

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Quotes for natural law- summa theologica

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“To disparage the dictate of radon is equivalent to condemning the command of god”

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What is synderedis

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The very first thing understood by practical reason, which will pursue god. The starting point for natural law is the synderedis rule:

Do good and avoid evil

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What is prudence

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Wise, discreet, careful

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Fortitude

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Mental and emotional strength.

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Temperance

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Moderation or self restraint in action

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Justice

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Quality of righteousness, or moral rightfulness

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What is tells

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Our purpose or aim

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How can we know natural law?

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Through revelation, Paul’s letter to the Romans, asked why gentiles obey laws from the Torah, they say they’ve never heard of it

Through human reason-recta ratio.

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What are the superior aim/telos

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Good is to be done and pursued, and evil is to be avoided and achieve fellowship with god- summa theologica

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What are superior and subordinate aims?

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Helping others, achieved eudaimonia.
Precepts- synderedis rule
Partnership- reproduction

Superior aims achieve subordinate aims

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Natural law strengths

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Morality, rational, common sense, no need for belief in god. Flexible, double effect.

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Natural law weaknesses

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Too simplistic, immoral outcomes, agape, optimistic, conflict rules

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What are real and apparent goods

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Everything is basically good, therefore the evilness in the world is apparent goods, good that people think are good, they are apparent.

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What is the principle of double effect

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An act may have more than one effect. What matters is the intention. Not to harm people. The act must not be evil. The agents intention must be good. And the final condition is important.

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John finnis

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1940, Australian
Natural law and natural rights
Aquinas: moral political and legal theory.

Basic form of human flourishing. Everyone has a natural right, to be happy etc.
Basic methodological requirements- pursuit of goods, coherent life plan.

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Bernard hoose

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Proportionalism-
We live in a fallen sinful world. Suggest the best homage can strive to achieve moral compromise.

More compassionate and flexible than strict nml

Teleological and consequential.

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What is NML in terms of key words?

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Deontological, absolute, normative, ethical, Christian theory

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