Natural

Law and it’s

Tenets
(St. Thomas)
1. NATURAL LAW IS TO
BE RESPECTED; NOT
OBEYED
> Every living man, woman,
and child have free will choice
to respect natural law, treat it
with belligerence, or contempt
and refuse it.
 2. NATURAL LAW IS
OF MAN; NOT FOR
MAN
> Because the content of free will mind
is not so governed, Creator has
endowned man with a conscience, and
an emotional faculty which propmt and
impel that man should choose life
supporting goals.
 3. NATURAL LAW IS
OBJECTIVE, NOT
SUBJECTIVE
> Natural laws exist to sustain every
individual’s life. Transfer these into
Man’s societal dealings with others
and not one thing changes. Personal
desire does not translate to what
government approves. Diligent
application of one’s efforts does not
mean obeying artificial laws.
 4. NATURAL LAW IS
IMMUTABLE
> Natural law is inviolate. It
cannot be overruled by any
Man or any construct of Man
without self-confessing (by
such action) the unlawful
authority so to do.
5. NATURAL LAW UPHOLDS
THE INDIVIDUALITY OF
HUMAN LIFE.
> This is the primary natural law
tenets. Wherein the individuality of
the person cannot be fused upon
the life of one's entity because we
all have uniqueness and rights on
what we want to do on our lives.
 6. NATURAL LAW
GRANTS NO
AUTHORITY.
> This means that natural law
doesn't permit one individual
to command another. The
principle of integrity is self
evident .
 7.NATURAL LAW REFUSES
ALL AUTHORITY.
> Natural Law denies all
authority save its own, whether
from a partner, neighbor, pulpit,
parliament, congress, or any
other source.
 8.NATURAL LAW
ADMITS NO TRESPASS
> Whosoever (knowingly)
initiates the use of physical or
coercive force, or fraud
against others, negates and
paralyses the victim’s means
of survival.
. Two persons cannot be free and
equal, when one of them is
controlling, managing,
threatening, blackmailing or
extorting the other. Crime is not
committed by free persons, but
by those who have chosen to
sacrifice their autonomy. Outlaws
are not free
9. NATURAL LAW AND
POSITIVE LAW ARE
ANTI-ETHICAL.
> Natural Law and Positive
Law apply to different things,
so cannot be alternative
systems of rules applicable to
the same thing.
 10. THE NATURAL LAW
SUPPORTS ONE'S LIFE,
RESPECTFUL OF ALL OTHERS.
> Integrity, lawfulness, and justice are
the foundation and culmination of natural
law, the full expression and
manifestation of mind, body, and soul
having respect to human life.
ST. THOMAS
AQUINAS
 Aquinas is uncompromising in
his view that our true happiness
can only be found in knowledge
of God. No other worldly good
or pleasure can truly provide us
with the ultimate good we seek
 >He sets out a systematic answer to the
question of WHAT HUMAN HAPPINESS
IS, and WHETHER IT CAN BE OBTAINED
IN THIS LIFE.
> His ultimate answer is that PERFECT
HAPPINESS (BEATITUDO) is not possible
on earth, but AN IMPERFECT HAPPINESS
(FELICITAS) is.
 “Happiness” is the classical sense of
Eudamonia, meaning to lead a good
and virtuous life from a Greek and
Roman philosophy and later expanded
upon by Christian thinkers like saint
Augustine and Saint Thomas.
The four cardinal Virtues:
Prudence
Temperance
Justice
Fortitude
 Prudence guides the
judgment of our conscience
in discerning our true good
and in applying moral
principles to particular
circumstances.
 “Temperance” moderates
the attraction of pleasures
and provides balance in the
use of created goods.
 Justice is the virtue that
consists in giving to God and
neighbor what is due to
each, giving to them what
rightly belongs to them.
Fortitude or courage in the
face of these challenges,
goes to work. Fortitude
provides the ability to
persevere in adversity.