De Leon, Mary Angeline V.

BSED II-ENGLISH
 As a rational beings,
we have free will.

Free will- the ability to

act freely
Through our capacity for reason, we are to judge
between possibilities and to choose to direct our
actions in one way or the other.

Our actions are directed toward attaining ends or

goods that we desire.
 There are many possible desirable
ends or goods, and we act in such ways as
pursue them.

However, just because we think that

a certain end is good and is there desirable
does not necessarily mean it is indeed
good.
 Acts are rightly
directed toward
their ends by
reason.
Aquinas reminds us that this will not do;
we cannot simply in pursuit of our own
ends or good without any regard for
other people's ends or good We are not
isolated beings, but beings who belong
to a community.
What exactly the common good is might
not always be easy to determine as the
are many variables to consider, such as
the particular community we are
thinking of or the particular ends that
the community is pursuing.
 What is of greater significance for us
here is the recognition that, since we
must consider not just our own good
but also that of others, we cannot act in
just any which way; there would have
to be some kind of measure to our acts.
Aquinas puts it, the
law must regard
properly the
relationship to
universal happiness.
 A law, therefore, is concerned
with the common good.
● In a way, making of a law belongs either to
the whole people or to a public person who
has care for the common good or is tasked
with the concern for the good of the
community or of the whole people.
 It is also necessary for rules or laws to be
communicated to the people involved in order
to enforce them and to better ensure
compliance.
This is referred to as promulgation.
Promulgation- the act of making a law or
decree known, or formally putting it into effect,
by public declaration
Aquinas's own summary of this point is
worth citing:

"The definition of law may be gathered;

and it is nothing else than an ordinance
of reason for the common good, made
by him who has care of the community,
and promulgated."
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