CGS HU 201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Philosophes, Virtual Reality, Panentheism
22 Dec 2016
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Natural law theory: begins with aristotle developed by italian catholic philosopher. Thomas aquinas: aristotle: everything in nature is designed to fulfill one specific purpose (final cause) Ex. final cause of an acorn is an oak tree: efficient cause= what gets things done, final cause= the end product, every object and action has a final cause. Living to this goal is achieving natural law: thomas aquinas: all correct but aristotle did not go far enough. Something the pagan ancient greeks couldn"t achieve because they knew nothing about god and did not benefit from jesus life and death. A rational creature"s participation in the eternal law (god"s law; obedience to church teaching and bible: aristotle"s view on god. The first mover or cause of the chain. Augustine- aquinas agreed with him: talks of seven virtues, four of the virtues could be possessed by pre christians, three can only be possessed by christians, 4 cardinal virtues.
