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Philosophy 252:
Ethics
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Natural Law Theory

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  1. Mortimer Adler on Natural Law. A good general overview of Natural Law Ethics by a contemporary scholar.

  2. Catholic Encyclopedia Article on Natural Law. An extensive discussion of natural law in the Catholic tradition, focusing particularly on Thomas Aquinas.

  3. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Law. A fairly lengthy discussion of various approaches to Natural Law Ethics from the classical to the contemporary period.

  4. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Chapter V. Section VII on Natural Justice.

  5. Aquinas on Ethics/Natural Law. Thomas Aquinas was a 13th century philosopher/theologian whose writings on ethics provide one of the classical presentations on natural law theory. He was very influenced by the work of Aristotle. Below are several sections dealing with ethics from his most important work, Summa Theologica:St. Thomas Aquinas

  Aquinas on Happiness, Summa Theologica, Questions # (1-5)

  Aquinas on Good and Bad Acts, Summa Theologica, Questions # (18-21)

  Aquinas on Habits, Summa Theologica, Questions # (49-54)

  Aquinas on Virtue, Summa Theologica, Questions # (55-66)

  Aquinas on Law, Summa Theologica, Questions # (90-94)




Thomas Aquinas

  1. Aquinas' Ethics. A helpful site that contains commentary on the sections of the Summa Theologica that deal with ethics.