PHIL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Teleological Argument, Cosmological Argument
20 Apr 2016
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Natural law is habit: conscience is law of mind only applies to natural law, natural law abides by man always. Habit is called in two ways: properly and essentially. Natural law: no natural law in us- its eternal law, humans act to their end, its natural, animals and men are not subject to law. Aquinas was very humerical, had objections to everything. His writing is very structured, nothing is being left out. Aquinas makes two arguments: cosmological argument: the universe is an event, needed to be a first cause. That cause was god: teleological argument: everything in the universe is used to achieve something. God created everything, he possesses all qualities in perfection. God established rules that aquinas called eternal law. Application of eternal law to human beings is natural law. There"s primary precepts and secondary precepts within natural law. One precept that is most important is that natural law is good.
