Natural Law 0.0 / 5 ? EthicsNatural LawASOCR Created by: Emily WebbCreated on: 18-05-15 11:24 Natural Law Deontological theory: concerned with the intrinsic worth of an action and not with the consequences Aristotle: the way to be happy is to live a virtuous life Aquinas: being virtuous leads to union with God Virtues include courage, patience, love and charity Aristotle: everything has an end/purpose (telos) and an efficient cause (how to achieve the telos) Aquinas: the telos is God's intention so the right thing is to achieve the telos Aquinas placed emphasis on reason: Everyone has practical reason. This means I can: Know the right thing to do and determine the telos We can use our reason to know the right thing to do because we are naturally inclined towards good Real and apparent goods: sometimes we do the wrong thing because we confuse real goods and apparent goods Real goods lead to unity with God We are misguided by sin or by emotions and choose the wrong thing Aquinas and law: four types of law Eternal Law: the mind of God, 'God's plan' (only partially knowable to humans) Divine Law: The Scriptures. Knowable to reason but to teach us with certainty on matters 1 of 1
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