PHIL 2120 Lecture 10: Week 10
23 Mar 2021
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Treatise on law: aquinas > representative of the natural law tradition in jurisprudence. It has an ancient pedigree: ancient greek thought makes a distinction between: (a) nomos: that which exists by custom. Argues that moral norms are relative to specific cultures and differ over time. Morals are invented (b) physis: that which exists by nature. Argues that moral norms are universal and written into human nature. Gives rise to the foundational distinction between: legal positivism: law is relative to who has power, natural law view: real law is connected to morality and transcends whoever holds power. This distinction is found in plato and aristotle. But it is also a theme found in greek tragedy. Antigone daughter of oedipus rex (king of. The play is about the dilemma antigone faces over whether to obey an arbitrary (and apparently unjust) rule or follow her conscience and do the right thing. In following her conscience, antigone appeals to a.
