L2 - Natural Law

Which Christian Church predominantly uses Natural Law theory?

• Catholic Church

• Church of England

• Methodist Church

• I don't know

With which Saint is the theory most closely associated?

• Thomas Beckett

• Doubting Thomas

• Thomas Aquinas

• Aristotle

Which Greek philosopher influenced Aquinas?

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Epicurus

• I don't know

What is natural law theory based upon?

• Divine Commands that must be believed.

• The view that God has a purpose (telos) for the universe and as humans form part of the creation, they too have a purpose.

• Maximising agape

• I don't know

Complete: "The state cannot o_____ the i______ l_____ of the g____"

Which key terms would apply to Natural Law?

• Unchanging

• Flexible

• Innate

• Eternal

Complete: The natural is that which everywhere is equally valid... just as

Who said: “The natural is that which everywhere is equally valid, and depends not upon being or not being received…that which is natural is unchangeable, and has the same power everywhere, just as fire burns both here and in Persia”

• Aristotle

• Cicero

• St Ambrose

• Aquinas

Who said: “Law is twofold – natural and written. The natural law is in the heart, the written law on the table. All men are under the natural law”

• Aristotle

• Cicero

• St Ambrose

• Aquinas

Who said: “True law is right reason in agreement with nature; it is of universal application, unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoers by its prohibitions…We cannot be freed from its obligations by senate or people, and we need not look outside ourselves for an expounder or interpreter of it. And there will not be different laws at Rome and at Athens, or different laws now and in the future, but one eternal and unchangeable law will be valid for all nations and at all times,"

• Aristotle

• Cicero

• St Ambrose

• Aquinas