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Thomas Aquinas on Law
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Law
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Aquinas on Law• Law refers to "a
certain rule and measure of acts whereby man is induced to act or is restrained from acting."
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Aquinas on Law• Law is "a certain
ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has the care of the community, and promulgated."
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Eternal Law
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Aquinas on Eternal Law
• "the whole community of the universe" is governed by God who "is not subject to time but is eternal."
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Aquinas on Eternal Law
• Eternal law is the source of all laws: divine, natural & human laws.
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Divine Law
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Aquinas on Divine Law
•the will of God as Revelation
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Aquinas on Divine Law
•God’s word revealed
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Natural Law
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Aquinas on Natural Law
• "God has instilled it into human minds so as to be known by them naturally."
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Aquinas on Natural Law
• "The natural law is promulgated by the very fact that God instilled it into men's minds so as to be known by them naturally."
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Aquinas on Natural Law
• "good is to be done and pursued, and evil avoided."
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Aquinas on Natural Law
• "good is to be done and pursued, and evil avoided."
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Aquinas on Natural Law
• "Whatever is a means of preserving human life and of warding off its obstacles belongs to natural law."
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Aquinas on Natural Law
• "Sexual intercourse, education of offspring…"
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Aquinas on Natural Law
•"to avoid ignorance"
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Aquinas on Natural Law•Quoting
Augustine: "a habit is that whereby something is done when necessary."
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Aquinas on Natural Law•“the rational creature’s participation in the eternal law.”
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Aquinas on Natural Law• "It is evident that all things
partake somewhat of the eternal law, in so far as, namely, from its being imprinted on them... Wherefore it (human nature) has a share of the Eternal Reason, whereby it has a natural inclination to its proper act and end: and this participation of the eternal law in the rational creature is called the natural law."
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Human Law
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Aquinas on Human Law• “the more
particular determinations of certain matters devised by human reason.”
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Aquinas on Human Law
•We create H.L. to implement natural law.
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Thomas Aquinas on Law
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