SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Positive Law, Divine Law, Physis
1 Nov 2017
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Nor did i think your proclamation so strong that you, a mortal, could overrule the laws of the gods, that are unwritten and unfailing. Natural law: natural law claims to be universal, immutable and objective. Physis (nature) [natural law] - vs. - custom/rules (nomos) [positive law] The light of natural reason, whereby we discern light(cid:499) (st thomas aquinas) Natural law and st. thomas aquinas: law is: (cid:498)man ordinance of reason directed towards the common good and promulgated by the one who has the care of the community(cid:499, god(cid:495)s law is: (cid:498)imprinted upon us . Avoid evil: human law - content conforms to the content of natural law. God in nature], and we were supposed to discover the essential purposes of creatures such as ourselves. Judeo-christian influences: malleability of natural law, that we are all going to have the same conclusion of what is right ---biggest issue, no way to know what is right and what is wrong.
