Natural law

Question	Answer
What are the three ideas that Aristotles argument consists of?	Purpose, Human purpose, Reason
What are the efficient and final cause in association with humans?	Efficient: To reach happiness and actualise our potential Final: To reach eudamonia and be closer to the prime mover. Fulfilling our telos
What are the cardinal virtues?	Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, Justice
Name the primary precepts	W- orship God O- rder in society R- eproduce L- earn D- emend the innocent
What are these examples of? Pray, Go to church Abide by the laws Have sex, no contraception Study the world around you Fight for rights	Secondary precepts
Explain the law of double effect	The lesser of two evils. If you are presented with two evils, you perform the one which will result in the most short-term positive outcomes.
What are real and apparent good?	Real: Doing the right thing Apparent: Thinking you are doing what God wants but it is the wrong thing and can be misleading.
What are the strengths?	- it can be universalised - absolute order in society - sanctity of life is central - rational and logical
What are the weaknesses?	Peter Vardy- Unholistic and too simplistic Karl Brown: relies too much on reason as nature is too corrupt to trust - causitory: is contradictory as its absolutist but allows flexibility? - Only theists can believe in this - Not everyone has the same desires and urges
Which part of the argument does Aquinas create?	2nd

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