Natural Moral Law

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What are Aristotle's 4 causes?
Formal, Efficient, Material and Final
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What were the causes Aquinas used in his Natural Moral Law?
Final and Efficient
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What does Eudamonia mean?
Human Flourishing
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Fill in the gaps- "The___ is right reason in ____ with nature" Cicero
Law, agreement
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What are the Primary Precepts?
Living peacefully, Preservation of life, Procreation, Worship of God, Advancing Knowledge and learning
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What are the Secondary Precepts in relation to the Primary Precepts?
Procreation- No contraception, Preservation of Life- No abortion, Worship of God-Go to Church+ Pray, Advancing Knowledge+Learning- Educate others, Live Peacefully+ Harmoniously-Establish Justice System
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What is Divine Law?
Law of God revealed through The Bible
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What is Human Law?
Everyday laws we abide by in society, such as the legal system, ensuring a just society
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What is Eternal Law?
The laws of the mind of God , such as laws of creation (gravity)
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What is Natural Law?
What directs our conscience and using reason how it can be applied to situations
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Why does Barth have a problem with Aquinas' Natural Law?
Humans are corrupt, seen in The Fall (Genesis 3), and it relies too heavily on human reason which can easily be corrupted
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Why does Augustine have a problem with Aquinas' Natural Law?
Humans are bound to give into their Concupiscence (desires) as seen in The Fall with Eve eating the forbidden Fruit
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What is G.E Moors criticisms of Aquinas' Natural Law?
Naturalistic Fallacy- meaning good can't be defined through nature as it can't be analysed, thus we can't make an ‘ought’ from an ‘is’. Our human nature ‘is’ to procreate doesn’t mean we ‘ought’ to.
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What does Synderesis mean?
We can use our God-given reason to understand the natural world
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What are interior and exterior acts?
An interior act is not a selfless act, such as giving to charity for fame. Exterior acts are just acts we do
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