Natural law religious compatibility
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- Natural Law's religious compatibility
- Yes
- Underpins Catholic teaching
- Natural Law has influenced Catholic moral teaching for centuries
- For example, In Humanae Vite 1968, the Pope condemns contaception
- Natural Law has influenced Catholic moral teaching for centuries
- Linked with Christian notion of conscience.
- Aquinas said that conscience was the exercise of rationality
- Many Christians agree with Aquinas when he says that rationality is a gift from God
- This resonates with the Paul's writings to the Romans
- 'the requirements of the law is written on their hearts' Romans 2:15
- This resonates with the Paul's writings to the Romans
- Underpins Catholic teaching
- No
- Jesus was against the legalistic approach to morality
- In Matthew 12, Jesus works on the Sabbath day
- This is condemned by the priests of the day
- However Jesus disagrees with this and says that people are more important than rules
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- However Jesus disagrees with this and says that people are more important than rules
- This is condemned by the priests of the day
- In Matthew 12, Jesus works on the Sabbath day
- Overrides 'free will'
- Free will is something valued very highly in most religions.
- However, Aquinas' natural law seems to dismiss this, maintaining that it is sinful to go against the primary precepts
- Therefore personal autonomy is very important
- In Christianity, God gave humans free will to make their own choices
- Therefore personal autonomy is very important
- However, Aquinas' natural law seems to dismiss this, maintaining that it is sinful to go against the primary precepts
- Free will is something valued very highly in most religions.
- Jesus was against the legalistic approach to morality
- Yes
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