dde

• Humanity according to Aquinas


  Has an essentially rational nature
• 3 forms of man

  • Contemplation
  • Deliberation
  • Action
• Values in contemporary world

  • Money
  • Mission
  • Fame
• Subdivisions of hedonist

  • Sensualism
  • Satisfactionism
• Essence


  To live according to reason
• 3 kinds of values


  • Purely intrinsic goods
  • Purely instrumental goods
  • Combination value
• Eternal law

  Do good and avoid evil
• Natural law theory


  Moral law that can be discovered through reason
• Combination value is good in themselves and good as a means
• Value

  Good
• Double effect principle (DDE)

  1. The nature of the act condition

  2. The means-end condition

  3. The right intention condition

  4. The proportionality condition
• Happiness

  Comes from the word 'eudaimonia' which means good demon
• Man can love because man is rational
• One of the problems is how to describe an act
• Types of goods

  • Intrinsic goods
  • Instrumental goods
• Purpose of man

  To live the life of reason
• Hedonist

  Comes from the Greek word 'hedon' which means pleasure
• Kinds of person

  • Common person
  • Superior refinement