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Explain the strengths of natural law
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... Explain the Strengths of Natural Law. [25] Natural Law is the ethical belief that if you follow something's natural purpose then it is fulfilling its goal and is right and just. It is believed that natural order is determined by some supernatural power and therefore you must follow this. It originated in ancient Greece and was developed much later by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). He was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Order from Italy. Aquinas thought that God had instilled in all humans, inclinations to behave in a certain ways. This meaning everyone had the capability to strive to the good, using our reason we could follow God's laws that are set down for us. By looking closely at our nature we can define our laws. With the use of reason this becomes a very changeable theory which means that it could develop and adapt to
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