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2.1 - Natural Law

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Key Terms
Deontological,
Telos,
Natural law
8  cards
Can The Doctrine Of Double Effect Be Used To Justify An Action, Such As Killing Someone As An Act Of Self-Defence?
The doctrine of allows a person t...,
Perhaps our good may lead us astray,
Ultimately aquinas is centrally i...
6  cards
Has The Universe As A Whole Been Designed With A Telos?
Perhaps nature is less ordered an...,
Hans kung thinks this idea of the...,
Perhaps natural law can be if the...
3  cards
Can A Judgement About Something Being Good, Bad, Right Or Wrong Be Based On Its Success Or Failure In Achieving Its Telos?
We can that a good person is the ...,
Natural law is a central theory o...,
St augustine wrote even with one ...
5  cards
Does Human Nature Have An Orientation Towards The Good?
Aquinas has a view of human natur...,
Though society is perhaps there a...,
Philosophers like thomas who live...
4  cards
Does Natural Law Provide A Helpful Method Of Moral Decision-Making?
Natural law offers a approach of ...,
Primary precepts are inspired by ...,
Natural law comes from on the nat...
7  cards
The Doctrine Of Double Effect
Aquinas introduces a of double ef...,
Some such as have argued that ind...,
Aquinas said that matters making ...
6  cards
Real And Apparent Goods
Temptation exists aquinas thought...,
An immoral act or sin is falling ...,
We need to use reason correctly t...
4  cards
Primary Precepts And Secondary Precepts
Aquinas thought that in all human...,
Aquinas made preservation of life...,
As a result of the primary precep...
7  cards
The Key Precept: The Synderesis Rule
Natural law may appear to be excl...,
The law is nothing older than the...,
To scorn the dictate of is to sco...
5  cards
The Four Tiers Of Law
Eternal law is the absolute and c...,
Divine law means the commands and...,
Natural law allows humans to perc...
4  cards
The Telos/Ultimate End
Aristotle argues that every agent...,
For properly acts are free acts w...,
Aquinas concluded that the end ca...
6  cards
What Is Natural Law?
Thomas aquinas thinking is a cent...,
Natural law thinkers argue there ...,
Aquinas in summa wrote now a cert...
7  cards
Introduction
Aristotle distinguished between n...,
St paul explores the idea that al...,
Thomas thought that right and wro...
11  cards

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