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Proportionalism
- There are certain moral rules that should never be broken unless there is a proportionate reason to do so
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Casuistry and Double Effect
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Casuistry
- This is the name given to Natural Law when applied to specific situations
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Double Effect
- An 'un-wanted' side effect of Casuistry
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God
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Human life should be 'Vision of God which is promised in the next life'
- Humans were made and should be the centre of Natural law
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Real and Apparent Goods
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Real Good
- Preservation / Improvement of self
- Use reason to find this
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Apparent Good
- "Good" things (eg drugs) that make us fall short of our potential
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Efficient and Final cause
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Efficent cause
- What gets things done
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Final cause
- End product
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Secondary Precepts
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Absolute and Deontological principles
- Derived from primary precepts
- Found by use of REASON
- Must use Secondary Precepts to GET to Primary Precepts
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Worship God (Primary precept)
- Found by being Religious (Secondary precepts)
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Ordered Society (Primary precept)
- Found by Following laws (Secondary precepts)
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Reproduction (Primary precept)
- Found by having Sexual intercourse(Secondary precepts)
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Learning (Primary precept)
- Found by having an Education (Secondary precepts)
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Defend the Innocent (Primary precept)
- Found by NOT Aborting an unborn child(Secondary precepts)
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Primary Precepts
- Worship God
- Ordered Society
- Reproduction
- Learning
- Defend the Innocent
- Everything has a purpose.