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Chapter III Introduction
Chapter III Introduction
III
Natural Law
Chapter Objectives:
After reading this chapter, you should
be able to:
1. Recognize how Thomas Aquinas made use of ancient
Greek Concepts to provide a rational grounding to
an ethical theory based on the Christian faith;
2. Identify the natural law in distinction from, but also
in relation to, to the other types of law mentioned
by Aquinas: eternal law, human law, and divine law;
and
3. Apply the precepts of the natural law to
contemporary moral concerns.
INTRODUCTION
IN OCT., 2016 • Newspaper reported
• Speaker of the
PANTALEON House of
ALVAREZ Representative