NATURAL LAW

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NATURAL LAW

• Our participation in divine law
• What human reason can discover about human nature
• What to do/what to avoid
• Norms expressed by natural law can be positive or
  negative general or specific dealing with our
  actions or governing our character

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NATURAL LAW

• Classic examples of norms derived from natural
  law include (p. 93)
• Natural law expresses human dignity
• Serves as basis for all human rights
• Is universal, permanent, and unchanging
• Applies to all people, all places, for all time

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NATURAL LAW

• We cannot always correctly discern natural law
• What humans lack, God provides
• God clearly spelled out his will for us

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OLD LAW

• Also known as Law of Moses
• First stage of revealed law
• Ten Commandments (Decalogue) summarize moral
  prescriptions of Old Law
• Christians believe the Old Law is holy, good, and
  spiritual
• Also believe it is imperfect