Natural Law
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- Created on: 17-10-17 11:41
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- Aquinas' Natural Law
- Humans should "DO GOOD AND AVOID EVIL"
- 5 PRIMARY PRECEPTS
- WORSHIP GOD
- ORDER SOCIETY
- REPRODUCE
- LEARN - AND DEVELOP AS PEOPLE
- DEFEND THE INNOCENT
- Secondary precepts are based on the primary precepts.
- For example, we know abortion is wrong because it breaks the primary precept of "DEFEND THE INNOCENT
- REAL AND APPARENT GOODS
- People never KNOWINGLY do evil
- "APPARENT" good = something that appears good but actually isnt
- VIRTUES + CHARACTERISTICS
- The more we practice them, the more they become "habit"
- 4 CARDINAL VIRTUES
- Temperance (self-control)
- Fortitude (courage)
- Prudence (wisdom)
- Justice (fairness)
- THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES
- Faith
- Hope
- Charity (love)
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