Thomas Aquinas' Natural Law

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where Aquinas' identifies the four kinds of law
Summa Theologica
1 of 16
the ideal type of law and order of the universe, pre-existent in God's mind
Eternal
2 of 16
law revealed through Special Revelation and the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments
Divine
3 of 16
law regarded as a basis for human conduct
Natural
4 of 16
law determined by people
Human
5 of 16
the kind of act concerned with intention - good intentions do not necessarily lead to good actions
Interior
6 of 16
the kind of act concerned with the action itself
Exterior
7 of 16
characteristic separating us from other beings that allows us to determine the laws that help us reach union with God
Reason
8 of 16
a good that arrives through the use of reason by Natural Law, in line with the primary precepts, helping us achieve our telos
Real
9 of 16
a good which seems good, but is not morally right and/or does not lead us to our telos
Apparent
10 of 16
the first precept
self-preservation
11 of 16
the second precept
reproduction
12 of 16
the third precept
education
13 of 16
the fourth precept
society
14 of 16
the fifth precept
worship
15 of 16
what human reason is used to establish
secondary precepts
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the ideal type of law and order of the universe, pre-existent in God's mind

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Eternal

Card 3

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law revealed through Special Revelation and the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments

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Card 4

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law regarded as a basis for human conduct

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Card 5

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law determined by people

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