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    The document discusses St. Thomas Aquinas' views on natural law and its tenets. It states that natural law exists to sustain individual life, is immutable, and upholds the individuality of human life. It also discusses that natural law grants no authority over others and refuses all authority except its own. Finally, it provides context on St. Thomas Aquinas and his views that perfect happiness is not possible on earth but imperfect happiness is, and discusses the four cardinal virtues of prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude.

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    The document discusses St. Thomas Aquinas' views on natural law and its tenets. It states that natural law exists to sustain individual life, is immutable, and upholds the individuality of human life. It also discusses that natural law grants no authority over others and refuses all authority except its own. Finally, it provides context on St. Thomas Aquinas and his views that perfect happiness is not possible on earth but imperfect happiness is, and discusses the four cardinal virtues of prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude.

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    The document discusses St. Thomas Aquinas' views on natural law and its tenets. It states that natural law exists to sustain individual life, is immutable, and upholds the individuality of human life. It also discusses that natural law grants no authority over others and refuses all authority except its own. Finally, it provides context on St. Thomas Aquinas and his views that perfect happiness is not possible on earth but imperfect happiness is, and discusses the four cardinal virtues of prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude.

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    The passage discusses the tenets of natural law according to St. Thomas Aquinas and also talks about cardinal virtues and Aquinas' view on human happiness.

    The tenets of natural law according to St. Thomas are that it is to be respected, it is of man not for man, it is objective not subjective, it is immutable, it upholds individuality of human life, it grants no authority and refuses all authority, and it admits no trespass.

    The four cardinal virtues are prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude.

    Natural

    Law and it’s


    Tenets
    (St. Thomas)
    1. NATURAL LAW IS TO
    BE RESPECTED; NOT
    OBEYED
    > Every living man, woman,
    and child have free will choice
    to respect natural law, treat it
    with belligerence, or contempt
    and refuse it.
    2. NATURAL LAW IS
    OF MAN; NOT FOR
    MAN
    > Because the content of free will mind
    is not so governed, Creator has
    endowned man with a conscience, and
    an emotional faculty which propmt and
    impel that man should choose life
    supporting goals.
    3. NATURAL LAW IS
    OBJECTIVE, NOT
    SUBJECTIVE
    > Natural laws exist to sustain every
    individual’s life. Transfer these into
    Man’s societal dealings with others
    and not one thing changes. Personal
    desire does not translate to what
    government approves. Diligent
    application of one’s efforts does not
    mean obeying artificial laws.
    4. NATURAL LAW IS
    IMMUTABLE
    > Natural law is inviolate. It
    cannot be overruled by any
    Man or any construct of Man
    without self-confessing (by
    such action) the unlawful
    authority so to do.
    5. NATURAL LAW UPHOLDS
    THE INDIVIDUALITY OF
    HUMAN LIFE.
    > This is the primary natural law
    tenets. Wherein the individuality of
    the person cannot be fused upon
    the life of one's entity because we
    all have uniqueness and rights on
    what we want to do on our lives.
    6. NATURAL LAW
    GRANTS NO
    AUTHORITY.
    > This means that natural law
    doesn't permit one individual
    to command another. The
    principle of integrity is self
    evident .
    7.NATURAL LAW REFUSES
    ALL AUTHORITY.
    > Natural Law denies all
    authority save its own, whether
    from a partner, neighbor, pulpit,
    parliament, congress, or any
    other source.
    8.NATURAL LAW
    ADMITS NO TRESPASS
    > Whosoever (knowingly)
    initiates the use of physical or
    coercive force, or fraud
    against others, negates and
    paralyses the victim’s means
    of survival.
    . Two persons cannot be free and
    equal, when one of them is
    controlling, managing,
    threatening, blackmailing or
    extorting the other. Crime is not
    committed by free persons, but
    by those who have chosen to
    sacrifice their autonomy. Outlaws
    are not free
    9. NATURAL LAW AND
    POSITIVE LAW ARE
    ANTI-ETHICAL.
    > Natural Law and Positive
    Law apply to different things,
    so cannot be alternative
    systems of rules applicable to
    the same thing.
    10. THE NATURAL LAW
    SUPPORTS ONE'S LIFE,
    RESPECTFUL OF ALL OTHERS.
    > Integrity, lawfulness, and justice are
    the foundation and culmination of natural
    law, the full expression and
    manifestation of mind, body, and soul
    having respect to human life.
    ST. THOMAS
    AQUINAS
    Aquinas is uncompromising in
    his view that our true happiness
    can only be found in knowledge
    of God. No other worldly good
    or pleasure can truly provide us
    with the ultimate good we seek
    >He sets out a systematic answer to the
    question of WHAT HUMAN HAPPINESS
    IS, and WHETHER IT CAN BE OBTAINED
    IN THIS LIFE.
    > His ultimate answer is that PERFECT
    HAPPINESS (BEATITUDO) is not possible
    on earth, but AN IMPERFECT HAPPINESS
    (FELICITAS) is.
    “Happiness” is the classical sense of
    Eudamonia, meaning to lead a good
    and virtuous life from a Greek and
    Roman philosophy and later expanded
    upon by Christian thinkers like saint
    Augustine and Saint Thomas.
    The four cardinal Virtues:
    Prudence
    Temperance
    Justice
    Fortitude
    Prudence guides the
    judgment of our conscience
    in discerning our true good
    and in applying moral
    principles to particular
    circumstances.
    “Temperance” moderates
    the attraction of pleasures
    and provides balance in the
    use of created goods.
    Justice is the virtue that
    consists in giving to God and
    neighbor what is due to
    each, giving to them what
    rightly belongs to them.
    Fortitude or courage in the
    face of these challenges,
    goes to work. Fortitude
    provides the ability to
    persevere in adversity.

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