Natural Law/ Aristotle
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- Created on: 28-01-19 09:36
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- Natural Moral Law- Aristotle's influence
- 4 Causes
- Final Cause
- Means the end itself
- What should happen if we do the right things
- Material Cause
- Efficient Cause
- Means to an end
- Things we do to achieve something
- Formal Cause
- Final Cause
- Key
idea-A
Telos (End or Purpose)
- Has to be an unchanging principle to the changing physical world.
- The Highest good (Summum Bonum) is found then when things fulfil their purpose.
- “The law is right reason in agreement with nature”. Cicero
- The Efficient Cause is anything that brings about the Final Cause
- Sees humans as “rational
animals”
- Only by using our reason can we be moral agents (and knowledge is a natural or intrinsic good).
- Human ability to reason is the ‘driving force’ of human development and action
- 4 Causes
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