Natural Law

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  • Created on: 19-02-19 21:44
Is Natural Law a deontological theory or a teleological theory?
Deontological
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What is eudaimonia?
Happiness
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Where did Aquinas believe we can find the ultimate end?
In the supreme and infinite God
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What helps is direct our motivations and actions?
Divine help
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What is an interior act?
The reason why we perform an action
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What is an exterior act?
The physical action we do to attain happiness/pleasure.
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Name the four tiers of law in order
The eternal law, divine law, natural law and human law.
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What is the eternal law?
The part of God's mind - his unchanging reason. This is the reason God is universal for everyone. It is absolute.
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Where does God plant the eternal law in people?
Into every person's rational soul.
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What is the divine law?
The commands and teachings found in the Bible - where God sends out info about the eternal law.
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What is the natural law?
The law that allows humans to perceive the eternal law through the application of human reason. This marks humans apart from animals and makes God's eternal law accessible to humanity.
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What is the human law?
Our response to God's messages in our own human laws.
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What is the key precept/synderesis rule?
Do good and avoid evil
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What directs us to do good and avoid evil?
Reason
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What are primary precepts?
Things that are absolute and describe human flourishing
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Name all 5 primary precepts
Reproduce, learn , live in an ordered society, preserve life and worship God
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What are secondary precepts?
The applications of the primary precepts
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What did Aquinas believe about evil?
That it is not desirable
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How does Aquinas explain why we perform evil things?
Because we think it's good, when it actually isn't, which is which it's an apparent good.
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What is a real good?
A real good...? lol.
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Why does Aquinas introduce the doctrine of double effect?
To discuss whether self-defence is permissible.
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Aquinas is a deontologist - what does this mean?
He's interested in actions.
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How can we justify a bad exterior act?
If the interior act is good e.g. self-defence when somebody is attacking you
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