ETHICS Aristotle

- Greatest of all ancient philosopher

Natural Law - Somehow following the Stoics way of
- General view that moral rules and thinking
principle are objective, absolute, and - Believes that everything exist with a
universal truth. purpose
- Built into the nature of life - Believes that every individual’s
- Enables us to discover what is right and substance has an intrinsic nature or
wrong principle of operation.
St. Thomas Aquinas - The essence of a thing is an activity
- Angelic doctor of catholic church - Growth and reproduction , human
Natural Law paradigm beings share with all other living things.
- We only need to look on the nature Acorn
specifically human nature - Purpose is to become a tree
Morality
- Not found in some esoteric realm
- Relies on what can be known from a
reflective investigation
Moral Law
- Accessible to human reason and
experience.
Reason/Common Sense
- Determines what we ought to do and
not to do
- It is universal to all human being

The Stoics interpretation of the Natural Law

- First appear during the first Century B.C
- Leaving mankind with certain attitudes
that views life and world with a sense of
calmness
Stoic
- Associated with particular attitude of
serenity
- Early stoics believe that “Human being
have within them a divine spark”
- Live life according to nature called
wisdom
- Conceive the whole universe as
governed by certain immutable laws
that exhibit rationality.
Logos Sparmatikos
- Rational seed or sperm

The Aristotelian Conception of Natural law

- Central idea is we can learn by nature