Strengths and Weaknesses of Natural Law
- Created by: Jenny Jones
- Created on: 20-01-15 10:24
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- Strengths and Weaknesses of Natural Law
- Strengths
- clear cut
- primary precepts are common in all cultures
- NL doesn't care about the consequences, just the act
- doesn't depend on feelings
- doesn't depend on culture of society
- offers a moral universal code
- Weaknesses
- if we believed there is no purpose then NL makes little sense
- if you don't believe in God NL falls apart
- is there a single human nature common to all societies?
- modern philosophers believe this theory is teleological and Aquinas seems to agree
- NL relies heavily on reason
- Karl Barth - criticising NL
- It relies too much on reason. Human nature is flawed. We should rely on the grace of God
- Strengths
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