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Lesson 3 Natural Law
Lesson 3 Natural Law
THOMAS
ARISTOTLE AQUINAS
NATURAL LAW
• Telos- (purpose/end)
- there is an unchanging order
(principle) to the changing
physical world and by
understanding this we can
learn what is normal or
natural for someone or
something to do, or be, or
become.
ARISTOTLE
NATURAL LAW
The inner principle of the
human person is REASON
According to Aristotle’s
philosophy something was ´good´
if it fulfilled its ´telos´ (purpose)
for which it was created for
example....
ARISTOTLE
NATURAL LAW
Thomistic Ethics
“Reason” is the source of the
moral law and that, it directs us
towards the “good”.
The “good” is the ultimate goal of
the person’s action. This “good”
is discoverable within the
person’s nature.
1. SELF-PRESERVATION
3. PROPAGATION OF
HUMAN SPECIES
THOMAS
AQUINAS
NATURAL LAW
Three-fold Natural Inclinations
of the Human Person:
1. SELF-PRESERVATION is a
natural inclination that urges
the human person to take
care of her health or not to kill
or put herself in danger. This
is why SUICIDE is absolutely
wrong.
THOMAS
AQUINAS
NATURAL LAW
Three-fold Natural Inclinations
of the Human Person:
3. PROPAGATION OF HUMAN
SPECIES Aquinas believes
that the reproductive organ is
by nature designed to
reproduce and propagate
human species.
THOMAS
AQUINAS
NATURAL LAW
Three-fold Natural Inclinations
of the Human Person:
THOMAS
AQUINAS
NATURAL LAW
FOUR PRINCIPLES OF
DOUBLE EFFECT:
THOMAS
AQUINAS
NATURAL LAW
FOUR PRINCIPLES OF
DOUBLE EFFECT:
THOMAS
AQUINAS
NATURAL LAW
FOUR PRINCIPLES OF
DOUBLE EFFECT:
THOMAS
AQUINAS
NATURAL LAW
FOUR PRINCIPLES OF
DOUBLE EFFECT:
4. There must be a
proportionate and sufficient
reason for allowing the evil
effect to occur while
performing the action.
THOMAS
AQUINAS
Additional Discussion
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