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Mind Map by Rachel Wallace, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rachel Wallace
over 9 years ago
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Natural Law
- Aristotle
- 'The natural' doesn't depend on
grading in society or birth.
- 'The natural ' is something
which is everywhere
- It is valid everywhere to everyone at all times
- You don't need to be intellectual to
understand or receive 'the natural'
- It is forever and eternal
- 'The natural' does not change with
age or time and it's like your soul is
always with her.
- 'The natural' doesn't depend on
grading in society or birth.
- Aquinas
- Believed that the final cause (what it's
for) is what God intended it to do.
- The efficient cause is God - who
brought the world into existence
- Did not see
this as a threat
to Christianity
- Linked the Stoics idea of Universal Natural Law
to Aristotle's view that people have a purpose
and function
- Stoics
- Believed that the universe has a basic
design and purpose which within it the
human morality should work in harmony
with
- Believed that the universe has a basic
design and purpose which within it the
human morality should work in harmony
with
- Stoics
- Real/Apparent Good
- Aquinas believed that everyone has the sense of Natural Law
within themselves, which inclines them towards perfection
- Aquinas believed that everyone has the sense of Natural Law
within themselves, which inclines them towards perfection
- Believed that the final cause (what it's
for) is what God intended it to do.
- Five Precepts
- Preservation of Life
- Educating the Young
- Living in a Society
- Worshipping God
- Reproduction
- To concentrate on NL you have to have
a civilised society which is free to
survive and flourish and these precepts
are essential
- Secondary Precepts
- Preservation of Life - Do not
commit suicide and do not switch
off life-support machines
- Educating the Young - Education is
free and make schooling compulsory
- Living in a Society - Build
more homes and encourage
community activities
- Worshipping God - Set one day aside for a
week for worship and hold school
assemblies
- Reproduction - Permit IVF and surrogacy
whilst contraception is wrong
- Preservation of Life - Do not
commit suicide and do not switch
off life-support machines
- Preservation of Life
- 4 Laws
- Bible
- Church
- You
- Precepts
- Bible
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