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He makes everything clear by explaining terms, unpacking arguments, and offering analogies. This commentary fills a long-standing gap, since Aquinas’ Treatise on the Divine Law is relatively neglected, yet is essential for understanding his teaching on Natural Law, on legislators’ tasks, and on the Spirit’s role in Christian life.
- J. Budziszewski
- 2021
Sep 23, 2002 · The Natural Law Tradition in Ethics. First published Mon Sep 23, 2002; substantive revision Sun May 26, 2019. ‘Natural law theory’ is a label that has been applied to theories of ethics, theories of politics, theories of civil law, and theories of religious morality. We will be concerned only with natural law theories of ethics: while such ...
Abstract. The great thirteenth-century philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1226–1274) played a pivotal role in the history and development of Western jurisprudence. During his productive but short life, Aquinas wrote extensively on moral matters, and as a corollary, on topics in political and legal philosophy.
- Anthony J. Lisska
- 2015
scendent divine being, wisdom, and love,5 and God’s free decision, but God may also reveal certain basic truths which as such are accessible to reason, in order to make it easier for all to come to know them.As an example one may point to the revelation of the main precepts of the natural law in the Ten Commandments.6
IN THIS article I wish to offer an interpretation of Thomas Aquinas's natural law theory that at once respects the fact of its historical development while arguing that such respect does not negate the claims of natural law to universality. 1 Central to my argument is a correct understanding of the role emotion plays in practical judgment for Thomas, a role that is not that of a mere ...
- Stefano Zamboni
May 25, 2024 · THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. The first is Divine Command theory that is not used anywhere in the world by the major organized religions. It is mistaken for the foundation of the moral theory of Judaism and Christianity and Islam but it is not so. The Divine Command theory has too many problems with it to be used by large organized religions.
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Jul 25, 2023 · A book-length defense of a divine command theory, arguing that this theory is compatible with natural law and virtue theories. Also gives an up-to-date overview of the main objections to divine command theories, responds to them, and discusses the advantages such approaches have over rivals. Flannagan, Matthew, and Paul Copan.
