Natural Law Mind Map
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- Created on: 25-03-13 10:22
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- Natural Law
- 7 Virtues
- There are two groups of virtues - cardinal and theological
- Cardinal
- Fortitude
- Prudence
- Justice
- Temperance
- Theological
- Hope
- Charity
- Faith
- Theological are for Christians to follow, Cardinal virtues are for everyone
- Cardinal
- There are two groups of virtues - cardinal and theological
- Precepts (rules)
- Reason gives us natural law precepts
- Primary precepts are used to work out secondary precepts which happen day-to-day
- People sin because of an error in our reason pursuing Apparent Goods instead of Real Good
- Exterior and interior acts
- For Aquinas the INTENTION and the ACTION is important
- It has to be a Good Exterior act (the action people can see) AS WELL as the Good Interior act (your intentions)
- Giving money to charity because you want to save lives for it to be MORALLY RIGHT
- Final Cause
- Human final cause = to get closer to God
- Everything has a final cause
- Neither physical nor academic pleasures can be final cause
- Humans have a final cause and that's why we use our reason (Aquinas)
- Aquinas built his idea of natural law
- Natural law is deontological (right and wrong exists before the outcome)
- Natural law is absolute (come from God)
- Natural law is objective
- 7 Virtues
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