PHIL 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kantianism, Universalizability, Consequentialism
21 Mar 2016
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Contemporary natural law theory (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) law. (cid:1) (cid:1: the nature of natural law theory (a) there are moral limits to legal systems (b) natural law theory offers a morally-evaluative, prescriptive concept of. Natural law is a kind of morality which serves as a standard by which to judge human-made law. (cid:1) (cid:1) Natural law - tries to give you not just a attached description of what law is like, or what"s its like for society to have law it"s also trying to tell you what your obligation is. It"s trying to offer you prescriptions of what is expect of you. (cid:1) Natural law is meant to represent morality morality which is true, principles and values which are true for all people and for all places. (cid:1) Its suppose to help us, not just as lawmakers, but also as citizens as to which laws to follow (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1: critical question for aquinas" thoery.
