RLT 48500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Eternal Law, Divine Providence, Creatures 2
2 Apr 2016
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A just law takes into consideration the common. Norms and guidelines for moral man (discuss what norm is: standard, basis, etc. : the objective norm: law. A law is an ordinance of reason directed towards the common good and promulgated by the one promulgated by the one who has the care of the community. Ordinance or mandate because it contains a decisive command to perform or to avoid something. good. A law should be promulgated, i. e. oicially published. Eternal law - the uncreated and eternal plan of divine wisdom directive of all things. Law natural law - the code of moral conduct based on human nature w/c reason manifests temporal law positive law - imposed by someone in authority divine positive law human positive law. The whole cosmos is an ordinance of divine reason. God, who is its creator, is also its lawgiver, its judge and its king.
