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natural moral law - Coggle Diagram
natural moral law
key words
synderesis
humans have an inate orientation to be good
real good
fufils your telos
apparent good
doesn't fulfil your telos
telos
a persons ultimate purpose or end
exterior acts
physical actions occuring outisde your head
interior acts
acts that happen inside your mind
primary precepts
worship god
protecting the innocent
reproduction
educate the young
living in an ordered society
Aquinas 4 types of law
natural
moral principles discovered by human reason
divine
law reviled through scripture
human
laws created by society based on reason
eternal
gods perfect and unchanging plan for the universe
strengths
Based on observations of nature
Universal values like not killing
Combines religious beliefs with reason
Applicable to all rational beings
weaknesses
Questions about an end purpose or telos
Cultural variations in moral beliefs
Potential irrelevance of God in ethics
Outdated views from a medieval perspective
secondary precepts
ways you should live your life based on primary precepts
worship god - go to church once a week
protecting the innocent - saving women and children when boats sink or in war
reproduction - banning abortion
educate the young - setting up schools in deprived countrys
living in an ordered society - dont lie
doctrine of double effect
an action with both good and bad effects can be permissible if the intetnion is good
abortion is bad but its ok if you have an abortion to save the mothers life for example removing the uterus of the mother to prevent cancer from spreading