Thursday, December 23, 2021

natural law (st thomas)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYc-7lxDrNU&t=557s

law = "an ordination of REASON (vs mere subjective will of superior) for the COMMON GOOD..." (St Thomas Aquinas in Summa Theologiae, lallae, Q. 90, a.4)

4 kinds of laws: 1. eternal (in God's mind, His plan for creation) 2. natural (inherent inclination, [cf: synderesis] towards our ULTIMATE END) 3. divine positive (revealed in sacred scriptures 4. human (particular to a city, state, nation ordained for their local common good)


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