CHRI

STI
ANETHI
CSI
I
VALUE-incont
emporar
yt i
mei
tisaki
ndofyear
ning,youval
ue Ex.At
tendi
ngaPartyvsAt
tendi
ngaCl
ass
somet
hingyoudon’
have. wit
hCl
assReci
tat
ion

SOURCEOFFULFI LLMENT-cr
eat
esani mper
ati
vef orani
ndi
vidual 2. I
ndi
visi
bil
it
y-avaluethati
sdivi
deddecr
eases,
tost
ri
ve.I
tist
hesourceofani
ndi
vidual
’
sappeti
te. t
hevaluebeingshar
edincr
eases

KI
NDS OFVALUES Ex.MoneyvsVal
ues;Fai
th

1. I
ntr
a-human-pl
easur
eval
ues(
i.
efood,
shel
ter
,cl
othes) 3. Relat
iveIndependenceofaValuefrom Ot
hers-
thevalueofmoneyl i
esonthethi
ngsyoucan
2. Human-goi ng beyond t
he conceptofvi t
alvalues (
i.
e buyusingit.(
i.
eifyouarest
arvi
ng,
thefoodyou
BroaderSenseofEconomi c,Cul
tur
e,Pol
it
ical
,Int
ell
ect
ual, canbuyoutofyourmoneyhasahi gherval
ue)
SocialandChar
acter
)
NOTE:Outofthehighervaluether el
ati
onshi
p wi
th God i
sthe
3. Spi
ri
tual“
Highest
”– val
uesofHeavenl
yBl
issvsDespai
r, hi
ghesti
ndet
ermi
ningthel
evelofval
ue.
Sal
vati
onvsCondemnati
on
4. Depth of Sat i
sfacti
on – the deeper and
RANKI
NG pr
ofound has a higherval
ue (i
.e Eati
ng vs
Li
steni
ngtotheLesson)
 Knowi
ngt
hel
evel
oft
heki
ndsofval
uesbywayofi
ntui
ti
on
B. VALUEURGENCY–r efer
ri
ngtoval
uest r
ength;weoughtto
 Theveryfactthatyouweightheconsequencesofanact choosethel
owerevaluebecausei
tisthemor alt
hingtodo
bef
ir
e doing i
t– shows t hatyou know thatyou have (i
.egoingoutofbecauseyouwant edtopoopvsst ayi
ng
somethi
ngtodo( oughtt
odovsoughtnottodo) becauseiti
sembarrassi
ngtobeseenst andingduri
ngthe
event
)
OBJECTI
VECRI
TERI
AFORTHESCALLI
NGOFVALUES
 Between the higherand l ower ;GENERAL RULE:
 Ranki
ngoft
heval
ues(
i.
ewhet
herhi
gherorl
ower
) Highervalueissoughtbecausei tmoremoraltodo
so.EXCEPTI ON:circumstancest hatwouldgi
vethe
 Beingabletoknowt
her
anki
ngi
tismor
alf
orust
ochoose
l
owerval uemor evalue/i
mpor tance(i
.egoi
ngoutto
thehigher
.
poopbecausei fyoust ayt hereitwouldbemor e
MORALVALUE-i
tissomethingyoudonotseek;t
hecomi
ngoutof embarrassingtoshitinyourpant s)
mor
alval
uei
sseeninthenon-moralact
/val
ue.
 However,thereshoul
dbeaBALANCEbet weent he
TWONORMSI
NDETERMI
NINGMORALVALUE twotypesofvalue(hi
gherandl ower)becausethey
areint
err
elatedtooneanot her
.Thehi ghercannot
A. VALUEHEI
GHT-thehi
gherthevalueis,t
hemor
ejust
if
ying standwit
houtthelower,
viceversa.
t
hatwewoul
dchooset
hehigherchoice.
NATURALLAW –refer
stothewhol
euniversebehavi
ngaccordi
ng
1. Dur
ati
on-r
efer
st othedurabi
li
ty;t
hemor
eit t
osomekindofpatt
ern.I
tist
helaw t
hatgovernsthebei
ngs.Iti
s
l
ast
s,t
hehi
ghertheval
uei
s. i
mplant
edbyGodt
odogoodandavoidevil
.
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 Byi
tsnat
urei
sint
ell
igence butonl
ylawsofnat
uregover
ngr
avi
ty,
etc.

 Whatki
ndofl
aw?Di
vineandI
nter
nal;supr
emebei
ng NOTE:Freedom doesnotdest
roynat
urall
aw,t
heyar
ereconci
led
bymorall
aw.
 I
ndi
vidual
sareexpectedtoactaccor
dingt
oreason,nat
ural
l
awisseenintherat
ionalper
son FREEDOM vsLAW

ARETHEANI
MALSGOVERNEDBYNATURALLAW?  Freedom l
etsyoudowhatyouwantwhil
elawpr
ohi
bit
syou
hencether
eisaconfl
ictbet
weent
hetwo.
 Yes,itisgover
nbyi
nst
inct
.Itdoeswhatt
henat
uret
ell
s
them t
odo.  Fr
eedom i
snotauthent
ici
nthel
evelsensewhi
lel
awcomes
i
ntot
helevel
sense.
 Followi
ng insti
nct i
s al
so consider
ed as r at
ionalact
becauseyouf ol
lowwhatt
henaturedesignedyoutodo,(i
.e
Fish-swimming,Cat
-meowing)

ARETHEPLANTSGOVERNEDBYNATURALLAW?

 Yes,
iti
sgover
nedbyt
henat
ure(
thati
stogr
ow)

ARETHEI
NSECTSGOVERNEDBYNATURALLAW?

 Sameaspl antstheyaregover
nedbynat
ure;t
heygr
ow
fr
om eggt
of ul
lygr
owninsect
s.

NOTE:Natur
allaw gover
nedbynature;humancan’
tbecomean
ani
mal.Wearewhatwearebecauseofnat
ure.

DOES THE PRESCENCE OFNATURAL LAW VI

OLATE HUMAN
FREEDOM?

 No.itisasagui detoat t
ainhi
ghestbei
ng.Nat
urall
aw
bei
ngst hebestver
sion ofyou;itgi
vesmoremeaning,
di
rect
ionandpur
pose.

NATURALLAW vsLAWSOFNATURE

 Nat
urallawispr
omulgat
edbySupremeBei
ngwhi
lel
awsof
nat
ureispromul
gat
edbysci
enti
sts

 Bot
hlawsgover
nhuman,mosqui
toes,pl
ant
sandani
mal
s

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