POLC70H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tyrant, First Epistle Of Peter, Eudaimonia
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3 requirements of law: must be based in reason". Law is nothing else than an ordination of reason for the common good promulgated by the one who is in charge of the community. Law is a rule or measure of action by which one is led to action or restrained from acting the rule and measure of action is the reason. In order for an act of will to have the character of law, it must be guided by some reason. : must concern common happiness" (felicitatem communem) like eudaimonia. Law must concern itself in particular with the happiness of the community : must be authorized and enforced by proper lawmaking authority". Prince in a state and any father of a family in his household. Eternal law based in divine reason concerns eternal bliss (beatitudo) created by god as ruler of the whole universe.
