political states to act as responsible moral agents. Before further introducing the positive points of my argument‚ I will describe the two most common pro-war ideologies‚ and consider their flaws. The just war theory‚ commonly attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas‚ is the most commonly regarded war philosophy. It states that as long as certain conditions are satisfied‚ war can be just and moral. These conditions are as follows: 1) A state must have a just cause‚ or a proper reason or justification for entering
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superficially stated that laws that do not fit the mind are invalid. On the other hand‚ the theory of Aquinas is one of the theories that received much attention and controversy in particular. It states that a law that does not conform to divine law is not legally considered in any way. It is always called unfair and unfair law‚ (unfair law is not legal). However‚ the old and modern scholars assert that Aquinas in itself did not declare such a law at all‚ but only on St. Augustine. Plato‚ Aristotle‚ and
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The debate of whether God exists or does not has been going on from the time of the ancient philosophers such as St. Aquinas and St. Anselm‚ who both supported the existence of God‚ whereas‚ many years later there were those who tried to disprove the arguments presented. Some of these disbelievers include Immanuel Kant‚ Friedrich Nietzsche and David Hume‚ all whom argue that God does not indeed exist. Although God is considered dead and nonexistent by many‚ he does indeed exist because something
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Does Natural Law allow Abortion? Aquinas created 5 primary precepts that are the basis of Natural Law theory. 3 of those are relevant to this question. The preservation of life‚ reproduction and the nurture of the young. On all these points’ abortion would not be allowed‚ although there is the question as to when a foetus becomes a person. The legal age at which a foetus has rights is 24 weeks but some say that life begins at conception and others think it is when the heart starts to beat and the
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To what extent is natural law the best approach to ethical desicion making. Natural law was thought of by a 13th century monk called Thomas Aquinas. He was inspired by a Greek a posteriori philosopher called Aristotle who came up with the efficient cause and believed that a humans purpose is to reach eudaimonia. Aristotle’s thoughts were inspired by the stoics who were a group of Greek philosophers who believed God is everywhere and in everyone there is a divine spark. Natural law is based on the
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arguments discussed in class‚ I choose to evaluate Thomas Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument. Aquinas offers a believable case for the existence of God through five arguments. The arguments are “a posteriori arguments” with five strategies (Aquinas 52). The first argues that there is an unmoved mover that originated all motion but the mover‚ itself‚ does not move. The second argument concludes: “there must be a first cause to explain the existence of cause” (Aquinas 52). The third argument says dependent beings
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2) According to Aquinas‚ how can we know that we should at according to reason? Though it may be true both that God designed us and that we are rational‚ Aquinas would not used this to prove we should act according to reason. The concept of teleology (which Aquinas used) says‚ for natural objects or artifacts‚ that things are designed a certain way in order to perform a certain way. Thus‚ the way Aquinas would phrase his answer is that God designed us the way he did so that we would act rationally
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Aquinas proposed three different models of how humans can understand things: univocal‚ equivocal‚ or analogical. Aquinas dismisses both univocal and equivocal. A univocal approach will put God and humans on the same plane‚ with the idea that the way God loves and the way a human loves are identical. In sharp contrast
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during his time of absence. He should have also talked to his supervisor and co-workers‚ to see if anyone else needed to take any time off before he took it upon his self to just take an extended vacation. I believe that both St. Augustine and St. Aquinas would have felt this way as well‚ they would have felt that he could have first talked to management about needing to take an extended leave of absence and then arrangements could have been made to cover his position. No matter if he had the time
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but when it’s done multiple times‚ and to where it gets excessive missing more than 4 days a month in my opinion at work it’s unacceptable. Augustine would handle this situation by identifying the cause and distinguishing the cause and solving it. Aquinas would probably let it slide because she feels that everything you do that Comes naturally is ok. This is very two very different ways of handling this situation. But something would have to be done. Rhonda enjoys socializing with fellow employees
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