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Natural Moral Law - Coggle Diagram

- - - - God created the world 'ex nihilo'
      - imago dei exists within the divine mind before creation
      - divine design may be discovered through human reason
  - - - pronesis (practical reasoning + judgement) is necessary to avoid being unduly swayed by our passions
- - - - Aquinas believes this is impossible in this life
- - - - 'you shall not murder' + sanctity of life
    - - 'be fruitful + multiply'
  - - - yes
        
        NML arises from synderesis - it's innate
        
        despite diversity - synderesis is very common
      - no
        
        Thomas Hobbes - saw evil in English civil war - concluded human nature is dangerous + murderous
        
        we don't have innate 'good' it's self preservation
- - - - but secondary precepts give more flexibility
    - - NML provides the universal premises for moral reasoning + human action
  - - - Jean paul satre - unlike objects who have a fixed nature, humans can decide their own essence
      - Kai Nelson - there is no fixed human nature (cultures + backgrounds)
    - - evolution has lead to a rejection of the purpose of nature