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Natural Moral Law
- Four levels (types) of
law
- Eternal law: god creates everything and his
will and wisdom is revealed to us through:
- God's mind - we cannot know this
- God's mind - we cannot know this
- Divine law: the sacred text and the
teachings of the church, which are made
known in:
- Scriptures- these are incomplete
- Scriptures- these are incomplete
- Natural law: the innate human ability to
know what is naturally right. From which:
- Uses human reason to fill the gaps in our knowledge
- Reason is thinking and
choosing
- Reason is thinking and
choosing
- Uses human reason to fill the gaps in our knowledge
- Human law: develops, e.g. the law found
within society - its legal systems
- We cn then make human laws to govern society
- We cn then make human laws to govern society
- They work together to help
with decision making
- It helps because it gives clear answers which
ensures that the decision is in line with
scripture
- Eternal law: god creates everything and his
will and wisdom is revealed to us through:
- Absolutist, deontological
theory
- Absolutist: rules that CANNOT be broken
- This helps because it gives clear
guidelines which are easy to follow
- Deontological: duty based - there is an
obligation to follow the rules
- It is universal because it applies
to all people at all times
- It is universal because it applies
to all people at all times
- Deontological: duty based - there is an
obligation to follow the rules
- This helps because it gives clear
guidelines which are easy to follow
- Absolutist: rules that CANNOT be broken
- Teleological world
view
- Telos means
end/purpose
- The end goal is to get to heaven which
rebuilds our broken relationship with God
- This helps because it gives an added
incentive/purpose when making decisions
- It focuses you on why you should be good,
even when it makes it you unhappy
- It focuses you on why you should be good,
even when it makes it you unhappy
- This helps because it gives an added
incentive/purpose when making decisions
- The end goal is to get to heaven which
rebuilds our broken relationship with God
- Telos means
end/purpose
- Syneresis rule
- Humans naturally want to do good and avoid evil
- In built
- BUT this is not always easy to do
- In built
- Humans naturally want to do good and avoid evil
- Primary and secondary
precepts
- These are specific rules which ensure that we live according to our
purpose
- 5 purposes of human
life
- 1. To worship
God
- Go to church
- Read the bible
- Go to church
- 2. To live in an ordered society
- Do not lie
- Treat people equally
- Do not lie
- 3. To
reproduce
- No abortion
- No ARTIFICIAL contraception
- No abortion
- 4. To learn
- Go to school
- Go to church
- Go to school
- 5. To defend the
innocent
- No euthanasia
- No abortion
- No euthanasia
- WORLD
- These are specific rules which ensure that we live according to our
purpose
- Real and apparent goods
- In the situation that you're in, there may appear to be a course of
action which 'seems' right because it will have a 'right making feature'
- BUT if that course of action takes you away
from your purpose then it is not a 'real good'
- This helps in decision making because what you are
proposing to do should be in line with your purpose
- This helps in decision making because what you are
proposing to do should be in line with your purpose
- BUT if that course of action takes you away
from your purpose then it is not a 'real good'
- In the situation that you're in, there may appear to be a course of
action which 'seems' right because it will have a 'right making feature'
- Interior and exterior
acts
- Interior act -
motivation/intetnion
- Exterior act - the act
itself
- They both have to be good for the action to be
good
- Ensuring both the act and intention are
good is important according to Aquinas
- DOCTRINE OF DOUBLE EFFECT
- This states that, even if there is a secondary negative outcome, if
the intention and act are good then you can carry on with it. For
example a pregnant woman who has chemo and looses the baby
- This states that, even if there is a secondary negative outcome, if
the intention and act are good then you can carry on with it. For
example a pregnant woman who has chemo and looses the baby
- DOCTRINE OF DOUBLE EFFECT
- Interior act -
motivation/intetnion
- Virtues
- Four cardinal
- Prudence
- Balancing our interests with others to make a good decision
- Balancing our interests with others to make a good decision
- Temperance
- To practice self control and show moderation
- To practice self control and show moderation
- Justice
- Balance interests with rights and interests of others
- Balance interests with rights and interests of others
- Fortitude (courage)
- Possess the ability to confront fear and uncertainty in order to achieve ones goal
- Possess the ability to confront fear and uncertainty in order to achieve ones goal
- Prudence
- Theological
- Faith
- Belief in God
- Belief in God
- Hope
- An expectation of receiving eternal life with God
- An expectation of receiving eternal life with God
- Charity
- Selfless, unconditional and voluntary
loving
- Selfless, unconditional and voluntary
loving
- Faith
- Quality of
character
- Four cardinal
- Religion
- Some christians would use NML because:
- 1. It includes references to scripture (divine
law)
- 2. The RC church has adopted NML
- 3. They approve of the deontological, absolutist approach
- 1. It includes references to scripture (divine
law)
- Some christians would not use NML because:
- 1. They think it is not flexible and lacks compassion
- 2. Some liberal protestants prefer a situational ethics approach
- 3. Some this that Jesus rejected rules in the New Testament
- 1. They think it is not flexible and lacks compassion
- Some christians would use NML because:
- The role of Reason
- Reason is thinking and choosing
- People have to use their reason
to make a moral decision
- In NML, reason is used in virtually
every aspect of the theory
- For example, understanding the teleogoical world view requires reason
- For example, understanding the teleogoical world view requires reason
- In NML, reason is used in virtually
every aspect of the theory
- People have to use their reason
to make a moral decision
- Reason is thinking and choosing
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