natural law
Across
- 7. Which type of law is revealed through Scripture?
- 9. A goal or aim which is in line with God’s plan
- 10. Term for an ethical theory that judges the morality of an action based on whether the action itself is right or wrong according to a set of rules or duties, rather than on the consequences of the action
- 14. Word for an ethical theory that aims at a final goal or purpose.
- 15. What term refers to God’s perfect, unchanging plan governing all creation?
- 16. The intention behind an action
- 17. Some property that a thing has by its very nature is…?
Down
- 1. What term refers to specific moral rules derived from general natural law principles?
- 2. What is the term for reasoning from general principles to specific conclusions?
- 3. Some aim which appears beneficial but contradicts God’s purpose
- 4. What principle allows an action with both good and bad effects if both interior and exterior acts are good?
- 5. Faith, hope, love
- 6. What does Aquinas call the part of eternal law that humans can grasp through reason?
- 8. What does Aquinas call the laws of particular societies?
- 11. The action as performed
- 12. Prudence, justice, temperance, fortitude
- 13. What do we call the basic human inclinations such as self-preservation, reproduction, and seeking truth?