PHIL 3040 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Natural Law, Positivism, Legal Realism
20 Nov 2018
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Natural law theory: st. thomas aquinas: summa theologica: Based on the facts of human nature we devise rules of conduct for human interaction. There is a pattern in nature , characteristics of nature: a rhetorical question, objections (from philosophers, a statement of authority, a statement of his own claim, rejection of all objections. Questions 90: whether it pertains to reason, the end law, it"s cause, the promulgation of law. Trying to get at the essence of law . Law pertaining to reason, ending, cause the promulgation of law. Clue: these are pages 4&5 of the textbook. Some are fit to rule others or be ruled. Function=law limit(you need to tell people the law) Law is that issued by reason, for the common good, by someone that has the care of the community and is promulgated. Articles of question 91: there are four kinds of laws, eternal.
