Natural Moral Law
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- Created on: 19-05-16 08:57
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- Natural Moral Law; Key points
- 1. Context
- Stoics (and Aristotle) thought up of the original key ideas
- Aquians, Christian Theologian accepted the main points that resulted in an ultimate goal to flourish
- 13th Century
- Aquinas thought that there needed to be an author for this purpose
- That must be God; our designer and creator
- That we should live in accordance to NML
- Aquians, Christian Theologian accepted the main points that resulted in an ultimate goal to flourish
- Stoics (and Aristotle) thought up of the original key ideas
- 2. NML is God given
- Everything that exists must come from God
- God is not only the author but also the designer.
- Giving everything purpose to which they are perfectly suited
- Central idea - to be moral is to act in accordance with our God given rational nature
- "To do good and avoid evil"
- This will result in us achieving union with God
- ULTIMATE PRECEPT
- "To do good and avoid evil"
- 3. In accordance with our nature
- Act consistently with our nature
- If God has given all things a purpose, its is obliged for things to fulfil that natural purpose
- We shouldn't break the rules that we are given to follow
- Something is a sin if it goes against the natural purpose of a thing.
- An act is moral if it helps fulfil our purpose
- Ultimate precept is to do good and avoid evil
- PRIMARY PRECEPTS = 1.Preserve living
- All humans have these rules
- From these we can determine more specific SECONDARY PRINCIPLES of behaviour
- Eg; do not murder, do not commit suicide
- Subordinate principles
- 2.Procreation
- 3.Knowledge
- 4.Live in a harmonious society
- 5.Worship God
- PRIMARY PRECEPTS = 1.Preserve living
- 4. Knowable through reason
- Moral Law is given by God and is found in all human nature
- Accessible through reason
- Also revealed through scripture
- Evil acts are those that go against our reason and nature
- Evil acts are often APPARENT GOODS rather than acts of deliberate cruelty
- Moral Law is given by God and is found in all human nature
- 5. Universally Biding
- Absolutist
- Deontological
- Looks at the act itself
- Applies to all people at all times (universal)
- must include INTERIOR and EXTERIOR acts
- INTERIOR = the motive and intension behind the act
- EXTERIOR = The action itself
- Both I+E acts have to be good for the act to be good
- 1. Context
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