Natural Moral Law
10 important questions on Natural Moral Law
What are the five primary precepts that guide us towards the ultimate aim of do good and avoid evil?
Procreation
Education of Children
Living in an ordered society
Worshipping God.
What are the secondary precepts?
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How did Finnis change Aquinas' theory?
What are the 7 basic goods introduced by Finnis?
They are:
Life
Knowledge
Play
Practical Reasonableness
Aesthetic Experience
Friendship(social-ability)
Religion
What is practical reasonableness?
What is the argument that the place of cause is at the centre of life?
It can be seen to be in conjuction with Kant's summum bonum
Human nature does tend to agree that virtue is the desired end for ethics.
What is the argument for the idea that there is such a thing as a natural good?
A biological good e.g. health is a natural good of the body, the way that it should be.
Aquinas' distinction between apparent and real goods explains any inconsistencies.
It could be argued that the idea of telos for the world and humanity implies natural good.
The idea of natural good being integral to religion, society, etc.
What is the argument that there is no such thing as natural good?
Can natural and good be used together - for example, nature can be perceived to be cruel.
Universality is questioned - if there is natural good then why cannot everyone see it and agree on it?
Some reject a religious perception of natural good as established by a delty.
Do we share a common human nature to establish natural good.
Natural law is compatible with a religious approach to ethics - yes argument?
Some Christians would argue that the ten commandments are a clear example of NML.
It is the basis of roman catholic theology.
Finnis uses it to support Roman catholic ethics. Clear parallels with other ethical theories that are religious.
The practice of casuistry is integral to religious ethics as it is a form of natural law, for example it uses primary and secondary precepts like Aquinas did.
The idea of an ultimate good and conscience is compatible with religious teaching.
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