Natural Moral Law

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T N U N N M L A N D M O D E N L I F E T B
Q V V O G S Y N D E R E S I S R U L E J L
H P S F I N A L E N D P U R P O S E V J X
N G I J R E G N A K C A D F S W H D F G D
A Q U I N A S A N D F I N A L C A U S E A
J J F I D O T E T S F J J S L F S I L B C
Y M D K M X J R S H L X A N Y S X T X D P
K D E L M R I R Q E I N F U S O L B H F U
W S E C O N D A R Y P R E C E P T S R H X
W R F Y G O Y H U A A U X A S V U Y M I T
G E X E K U P L F C Y S E S D H U K T M P
P H O O S E A N D M C C O R M I C K B K U
P Q T L L Y P J K J I Y B Q U S M R A Y J
O N I N S T R U M E N T A L G O O D Q O F
P R O P O R T I O N A L I S M G J H S R T
P H L B U E B C J S G H L R V N E E L U F
A N T A I S N M L S T I L L V A L I D D O
B U K V A D O C F C U A F R R G F V L X H
B R A Q U I N A S A N D P U R P O S E T S
C E I L B A I L F E Y F H H R Y V U M N O
C O T A B A J M R I S C G M L L B A D I Q

Clues

  • accepts that certain acts are wrong/evil acts in themselves; though says it might be the right thing to do if there's proportionate reason to perform such acts (15)
  • an object achieves its Final Cause or purpose when it does what God intended it to do-means seeking union with God;perfection &only attainable in afterlife (7, 3, 5, 5)
  • Aquinas; there is a divinely inspired basic moral law which underpins all laws: good is to be done and pursued and evil to be avoided (10, 4)
  • fellowship with God (5, 10)
  • Helping someone to look good is using them as a means to an end (12, 4)
  • Highly outdated, Subjective, Contemporary cultures (3, 3, 5, 4)
  • reason that tells us the purpose for which we are made, not purely faith (7, 3, 7)
  • Relies on religious faith/ in a God in order to work- as contemporary cultures become more secularised there’s less onus on God’s guidance (2, 3, 5, 5)
  • Since we live in a fallen world the best a human can reach for is moral compromise-individual circumstances-taken into account (5, 3, 9)
  • wrong because contradict primary precepts; e.g. theft, fornicating, killing the innocent (9, 8)

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