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LXEB 3101 – Jurisprudence 2017

Tutorial 3

NATURAL LAW - ST THOMAS AQUINAS

Prepare your answers for all three (3) questions.


Submit a written answer for question no.1.

1
“So it is clear that natural law is nothing else than the participation of natural law in
rational creatures” - Summa Theologica,
What is meant by St. Thomas? Discuss.

2
Comment on the view that St Thomas Aquinas primary approach to natural law was
actually intended to justify the position of divine law as a source of human law.

3.
Under what condition must human law be obeyed/disobeyed?
Do you agree with St Thomas Aquinas’s view on this matter?

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