Normative Ethics > Deontological Moral Theories > Varieties of Deontological Moral Theories > Natural Law Theories
Natural Law Theories
Edited by Claudia Meadows (Houston Baptist University, University of Houston-Downtown)
About this topic
Summary | Natural law theories are mostly based on the philosophical teachings of Thomas Aquinas which is a Christian philosopher. His interpretation distinguishes divine law and natural law which is the law that human beings can understand to the opposite of divine law which is understood by God only. Natural law teaches us how the behavior of humans is dictated by nature but with a closely connection to God. For example, procreation is the goal of every successful marriage to be established and should not exist otherwise. Suicide is considered as unnatural and against human nature which cannot agree with it. Natural law is the behavior of mankind in its pure and righteous way. |
Show all references
Related categories
Siblings:
Jobs in this area
Nancy Schaenen Endowed Visiting Scholar of Ethics and Assistant Director of Academic Services
APA Blog Series Editor: Philosophy of Film
Assistant Visiting Professor
Jobs from PhilJobs
18 found
Order:
1 filter applied
|
Off-campus access
Using PhilPapers from home?
Create an account to enable off-campus access through your institution's proxy server. Monitor this page
Be alerted of all new items appearing on this page. Choose how you want to monitor it:
Editorial team
General Editors:
David Bourget (Western Ontario) David Chalmers (ANU, NYU) Area Editors: David Bourget Gwen Bradford Berit Brogaard Margaret Cameron David Chalmers James Chase Rafael De Clercq Ezio Di Nucci Barry Hallen Hans Halvorson Jonathan Ichikawa Michelle Kosch Øystein Linnebo JeeLoo Liu Paul Livingston Brandon Look Manolo Martínez Matthew McGrath Michiru Nagatsu Susana Nuccetelli Giuseppe Primiero Jack Alan Reynolds Darrell P. Rowbottom Aleksandra Samonek Constantine Sandis Howard Sankey Jonathan Schaffer Thomas Senor Robin Smith Daniel Star Jussi Suikkanen Lynne Tirrell Aness Kim Webster Other editors Contact us Learn more about PhilPapers |