Context
Upon who’s theory did Aquinas develop?
Aristotle
Happiness
Eudamonia
What is the most important virtue?
Love ❤️
“____ tell us what we are” - Aquinas
The things that we love
What two issues can NL be applied to?
Abortion and euthanasia
What distinction does Aquinas make about his idea of human telos?
It is fellowship with God in the afterlife.
End goal
Telos
When are the three revealed virtues achieved.
Afterlife. They cannot be achieved in this life as they are in line with the beatific vision.
“If at any point it deflects from __________ it is no longer a law but a perversion of law” - Aquinas
the law of nature
Euthanasia is a violation of what for doctors?
The hippocratic oath
What determines how we apply precepts?
Reasoning
Unification with the Christian God
Beatific vision
Courage is also known as…?
Fortitude
“There is a single standard of ___ and ___ for everyone” - Aquinas
Truth, right
What are the different beliefs of when life begins?
Conception, ensoulment, viability
Where can the three revealed virtues be found?
1 Corinthians 13
Application of precepts for moral situations
Casuistry
Define temperance
Objectively reasoned, moderate, balanced and appropriate behaviour not swayed by sensual or emotional influences.
“He who acts against his ____ always sins” - Aquinas
Conscience
Kainz argues that the issue of abortion is not only about the issue of preservation of life but also…
A woman’s right to reproduce
Who identified the four cardinal virtues?
Plato
Reasoning
Recta ratio
Aquinas - “apportioned among people who stand in a social community” and in “due proportion”. Name the virtue he is talking about.
Justice
“Mercy without justice…”
“is the mother of dissolution” - Aquinas
“The basic argument against abortion, on which all others build, is that the unborn child is already a human being, a person, a bearer of rights, and that abortion is murder”. Who said this
John Mackie