St. Thomas Aquinas: Natural Law Theory; Just War Theory
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Natural Law is a set of morals, based on what are assumed to be the
everlasting characteristics of human nature, that serves as a standard for
evaluating conduct and civil laws. It is considered essentially enduring
and astronomically relevant, because of the double meaning of the word
nature, the ....
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.... reason itself. “This participation in the Eternal Law by
rational creatures is called the Natural Law." Its dictates correspond to
the basic bias of human nature. Thus, according to Aquinas it is possible
to distinguish good from evil by the natural light of reason.
Just War, based on Roman thought, is the traditional Roman Catholic
position on fighting a war. It lays down the criteria for fighting a war.
Just cause, declares, waged by legitimate political authority. War must be
started a ....
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