Knowing The Natural Law: From Precepts And Inclinations To Deriving Oughts

Knowing the Natural Law traces the thought of Aquinas from an understanding of human nature to a knowledge of the human good, from there to an account of ought-statements, and finally to choice, which issues in human actions. The much discussed article on the precepts of the natural law (I-II, 94, 2) provides the framework for a natural law rooted in human nature and in speculative knowledge. Practical knowledge is itself threefold: potentially practical knowledge, virtually practical knowledge, and fully practical knowledge.

• | Author: Steven Jensen
• | Publisher: The Catholic University Of America Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 25, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 081322733X
• | ISBN-13: 9780813227337