Strengths and weaknesses of Aquinas’ Natural Moral Law

• Strengths of deontological rules

  They help people know exactly how to respond in any given situation
• Weaknesses of deontological rules

  They can sometimes be inflexible and are not culturally relative
• Strengths of natural moral law being bible based

  Will be welcomed by Christians around the world
• Weaknesses of natural moral law being bible based

  Not everyone considers biblical ethics to be morally right
• Strengths of natural moral law being teleological

  Provides an objective foundation for ethics during an era where the individual is left to drown in a sea of limitless choice. Many people do not know what to do with the freedom. Natural moral law enables people to establish common rules by which people can live in an ordered society. Sets firm boundaries for moral behaviour
• Weaknesses of natural moral law being teleological

  We all share a common human nature designed by God. Leads to questionable claims about human sexual nature, particularly for God's plan to require human sexuality to be geared specifically to procreation. Prohibition of artificial means of contraception has led to untold misery for millions. Who says that contraception is wrong? Who says that same sex relationships are wrong?