2c. Content of Religion and ethics (H573/02) - 1. Normative Ethical Theories: Religious Approaches - Natural Law* — OCR A-Level Religious Studies
2c. Content of Religion and ethics (H573/02) - 1. Normative Ethical Theories: Religious Approaches - Natural Law* explained
2c. Content of Religion and ethics (H573/02) - 1.
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Normative Ethical Theories: Religious Approaches - Natural Law* covers 8 specification points, including Telos; the four tiers of law; the precepts and Origins of the significant concept of telos in…. Open a point below for its explanation and revision guidance.
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- Aquinas’ natural law, including: telos; the four tiers of law; the precepts
- origins of the significant concept of telos in Aristotle and its religious development in the writing of Aquinas
- what they are and how they are related: 1. Eternal Law: the principles by which God made and controls the universe and which are only fully known to God; 2. Divine Law: the law of God revealed in the Bible, particularly in the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount; 3. Natural Law: the moral law of God within human nature that is discoverable through the use of reason; 4. Human Law: the laws of nations
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- what they are and how they are related: the key precept (do good, avoid evil); five primary precepts (preservation of life, ordering of society, worship of God, education of children, reproduction); secondary precepts
- whether or not natural law provides a helpful method of moral decision-making
- whether or not a judgement about something being good, bad, right or wrong can be based on its success or failure in achieving its telos
- whether or not the universe as a whole is designed with a telos, or human nature has an orientation towards the good
- whether or not the doctrine of double effect can be used to justify an action, such as killing someone as an act of self-defence