Natural Law

• Primary Precepts: Fundamental principles in Natural Law, such as self-preservation, reproduction, and the pursuit of knowledge.
• Secondary Precepts: Derived rules from primary precepts, guiding specific moral decisions.
• Synderesis: The innate human capacity to understand and seek moral good.
• Telos: The purpose or end goal toward which everything strives.
• Primary Precepts: Respecting life (e.g., opposition to abortion or euthanasia).
• Secondary Precepts: Honesty, as derived from the primary precept of seeking truth.
• Synderesis: The universal understanding that harming innocent people is morally wrong.
• Telos: Human flourishing as the ultimate goal of moral actions.
• Thomas Aquinas: Developed the Natural Law theory, emphasizing the importance of reason and the connection between natural law and divine law.
• Strengths: Provides a universal moral foundation, rooted in reason.
• Weaknesses: Rigid application may not consider cultural or individual differences.
• "Love your neighbour as yourself" - Matthew
• 'God is love' - 1 John