POLS 320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Voluntaryism, Omnipotence, Pope John Xxii
28 Oct 2020
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Medieval legal theory: ockham and the voluntarist tradition: class questions, what is the difference between natural law and the law of nations, natural law, law that is instinctual and created by god" that humans are required to follow. Since natural law is a dictate of right reason, it cannot be changed even by god: voluntarists: natural law is dependent upon god"s will, even medieval theorists have trouble deciding how to solve the. Euthyphro problem: william of ockham (c. 1287-c. 1347, english franciscan friar: defender of the franciscan vow of mendicant poverty against the accumulation of wealth and property of the medieval church, esp. John xxii: ockham"s razor": principle of simplicity in scientific explanation. Razor" because unnecessary entities should be cut out". The only entity that is necessary in ockham"s thought is an omnipotent god: metaphysical nominalism - nominalism rejects the existence of universal essences.
