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Natural law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Natural law or the law of nature (Latin: ) is a theory that posits the existence of a law whose content is set by nature and that therefore has validity everywhere. The phrase natural law is oppo...
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When we focus on the recipient of the natural law, that is, us human beings, the thesis of Aquinas's natural law theory that comes to the fore is that the natural law constitutes the basic principles of practical rationality for human beings, and has this status by nature (ST IaIIae 94, 2). The notion that the natural...
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Aristotle came up with a groovy idea called natural law. Basically, Aristotle's theory of natural law states that society should be governed by certain ethical principles.
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Plato's modern enemies and the theory of natural law (Unknown Binding) ... As the title suggests, Plato receives the lion's share of the space, as he is shown to be the first to construct an analytical Natural Law theory; the canonical test is drawn out of Plato and given for checking later theorists for goodness of fit as...
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ln the selection below he presents a version of the natural-law theory, including a discussion of the principle of double effect, which plays an important role in modern natural-law thinking.
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The theory that God can dispense from any part of the law, even from the secondary precepts, is scarcely compatible with the doctrine, which is the common teaching of the School, that the natural law is founded on the eternallaw, and, therefore, has for its ultimate ground the immutable essence of God himself.
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Natural Law Theory: Contemporary Essays. Edited by Robert P. George. Clarendon/Oxford University Press. 371 pp. $39.95. ... Notoriously, the natural law theory of Aquinas brings together two traditions of ethical thought in a synthesis that many persons since have thought illegitimate.
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