NML

• Who came up with NML?

  Thomas Aquinas
• What type of theory is NML?

  Deontological
• Is it legalistic or antinomian?

  legalistic
• Right purpose for a human
• Exists to assist humans to...

  ...direct their actions so that they can reach their eternal destiny with God
• What is the syndersis rule?

  "do good and avoid evil"
• What are primary precepts?

  absolute rules
• What is the rule of the primary precepts?

  self-preservation
• Give two of the primary precepts

  1. live in an ordered society
  2. protect and preserve the innocent
• What are secondary precepts?

  Rules derived from the primary precepts
• Give an example of a secondary precept

  e/g 'protect and preserve the innocent' leads to 'do not abort'
• 4 virtues

  1. prudence
  2. temperance
  3. fortitude
  4. justice
• What are real goods?

  produces virtues
• What are apparent goods?

  doesn't produce virtues
• Both the intention and the act are important
• What is proportionalism?

  • ancient ethical theory
  • made NML more flexible
  • 'punishment fits the crime'
• What does proportionalism say about 'bad' actions made out of love?

  a 'bad' action out of love makes an action morally good but not morally right
• What aspect of NML is teleological?

  ultimate aim: to reach eternal destiny with God in Heaven
• What is the end goal?

  'beautific vision'