behaviour or instinct.","points":null},{"id":"049c588c-d217-45d6-b407-a46141e047e9","cardType":"cloze","front":"Ethical absolutism holds that some moral rules are [ ] and apply regardless of [ ].","back":"Ethical absolutism holds that some moral rules are objectively true and apply regardless of culture, feelings or consequences.","points":null},{"id":"5d1da322-184b-42c1-9c67-c538b4e71da2","cardType":"basic","front":"How does Aquinas' view of law avoid crude legalism?","back":"Law must be an ordinance of reason for the common good.","points":2},{"id":"a7cf8355-8999-4cfa-8886-bb4295aa717b","cardType":"basic","front":"Why is telos central to Aquinas' Natural Law?","back":"Moral acts should fulfil humanity’s final purpose: flourishing and union with God.","points":2},{"id":"75001836-68b6-4743-92cf-88841a326d76","cardType":"basic","front":"What idea in Romans 2 supports Natural Law?","back":"Even Gentiles can have the law written on their hearts.","points":1},{"id":"ad3e6961-dd27-43fa-b5bb-a00b1fd4e37f","cardType":"cloze","front":"For Aquinas, [ ] is God’s rational ordering of the universe; [ ] is human participation in it through reason.","back":"For Aquinas, eternal law is God’s rational ordering of the universe; natural law is human participation in it through reason.","points":null},{"id":"11b21192-1062-4514-8fa9-197d42fcac93","cardType":"cloze","front":"[ ] is revealed by God; [ ] should reflect natural law and serve the common good.","back":"Divine law is revealed by God; human law should reflect natural law and serve the common good.","points":null},{"id":"dced27ba-5931-4297-af59-c804b8be0369","cardType":"cloze","front":"Synderesis grasps the first moral principle: [ ] and [ ].","back":"Synderesis grasps the first moral principle: good is to be done and pursued and evil is to be avoided.","points":null},{"id":"bc9bf633-7e8d-4b34-a3a7-674bd12e5eb6","cardType":"basic","front":"What does conscience do with synderesis?","back":"It applies the first moral principle to particular situations.","points":1},{"id":"822c68c1-91ce-4928-984b-fd5c8b8c4e1a","cardType":"basic","front":"What are Aquinas' primary precepts?","back":"

Preserve life.
Reproduce.
Educate children.
Live in ordered society.
Worship God.

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Real goods truly fulfil human nature.
Apparent goods seem good but lead from telos.

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