Friendship-Mutual
trust between two
or more people
Life- Preserving and Prolonging life
Natural Beauty-
Refers to the
world and what
the world has to
offer.
Knowledge- Gaining facts,
information and skills
through experience
Play- Engage in
activity for enjoyment
and recreation.
Practical Reasonableness-
Resolving moral problems
through reflection.
Religion- Following
the tenants of
religious faith. e.g.
love thy neighbour
9 Principles of Practical
Reasonableness
Do good and avoid evil
Have a rational and
coherent life plan
Do not priorities one
basic good over
another.
Treat everyone equal
Remain objective.
Limit Consequenses
Have respect for all basic values
Uphold
requirements of
the common
good.
Follow your
conscience.
Finnis and
Homosexuality
Finnis argues that the state
should deter public approval of
homosexual behaviour.
On the other hand he refuses to
persecute individuals on the basis
of their sexual orientation.
He based this on
position not on the claim
that homosexual sex is
unnatural but on the idea
that it cannot involve the
union of procreation and
emotional commitment
that heterosexual sex
can, and is therefore an
assault on heterosexual
union.