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Essay Archive - St. Thomas Aquinas: Natural Law Theory; Just War Theory
St. Thomas Aquinas: Natural Law Theory; Just War Theory
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 meaning of natural varies. Thus, natural law may be considered
an ideal to which humanity aspires or a general fact, the way human beings
usually act. Natural law is contrasted with positive law, the enactment's
of civil society.
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