Aquinas

What natural inclinations are unique to human beings?

The desires to live in society, seek truth, and know God are unique to human beings.

one's will ought not follow one's conscience if conscience is in error

False

the most basic precepts of the natural law are different in different places

False

the will must desire many things that are not connected to happiness

False

eternal law

God's conception of ends and means

What indemonstrable first principle follows from the intellectual grasp of "good"?

Good is to be sought and evil is to be avoided. We know, indemonstrably, that humans seek happiness and thus the natural law syllogism follows.

How can we figure out the eternal law, for other creatures and for ourselves?

The eternal law is God's plan for everything. The natural law is the human's portion (rational creature's) of the eternal law. We are guided by natural drives, such as self preservation and raising offspring.

an act is evil if it is lacking in something proper to it as determined by reason

True

if the object of the act is a reasonable thing to choose, it might still be wrong to do it if the circumstances are not fitting

True

if the object of the act is unfitting for us to pursue, no amount of good consequences will make the act fitting

True

the will cannot help but desire happiness, although we may not know what exactly that is

True

when an object is pursued as a means to a further end, that end must also be a fitting goal to pursue in order for the act to be considered good

True

The selfevident precept that obstacles to human life should be avoided is derived from a) the inclination to selfpreservation b) the inclination to the care of offspring c) the inclination to live in society d) none of the above

a

The natural law is subject to change only by a) by multiplication: when we make up answers because we don't know what we are talking about b) addition: when we give further specifications to the basic principles c) subtraction: what was once wrong can become right d) none of the above

b

The primary source of the goodness (or badness) of an action is a) the fact that it happened at all b) the object of the act c) the further end of the act d) the consequences of the act

b

There must be an intellectual appetite, distinct from the sense appetite, because a) animals have sense appetite b) I have to want to know things c) appetite follows knowledge, and intellectual knowledge is distinct from sense knowledge d) otherwise no one would ever do anything

c

Which of the following precepts are derived from the fundamental inclinations to know the truth and live in society? a) seek truth at all costs b) have a smile on your face for everyone c) avoid ignorance and offending others d) don't ever hit your grandma in the head with a shovel; it makes a bad impression on her mind.

c

The fundamental natural inclinations to sexual intercourse and the care of offspring indicate that the following things are good: a) sex b) children c) education one's children d) all of the above

d

We can lose track of what the natural law demands by a) concupiscence or passion b) bad habits c) nothing d) both a and b

d

law

dictate of practical reason from ruler of community for common good

Will

intellectual appetitie

God creates everything and thus is the master. What does it mean to say someone is "master" of the thing he makes?

makes with and END in mind, DESIGN to REACH end.

Providence

ordering of things toward an end

self-evident

predicate is contained within the notion of the subject

natural law

rational creature's part of eternal law

promulgation

telling people the rule

object of act

that which, when attained, completes the act

What do natural inclinations indicate for any creature?

what is naturally good for it.

end of act

what the object is a means to

circumstances

who, what, when, where