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Natural Law Theory is too rigid. Discuss
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... The Natural Law Theory is too rigid. Discuss. Aquinas' Natural Law Theory explains that the truth (morality) is revealed through nature and that everything has a purpose (telos). For example the telos of an acorn is to become an oak tree. Aquinas believed that through reason and scripture, Humans know what is right and wrong. He thought that, using Aristotelian theories, Humans are both the Efficient and Final causes, and it is our own responsibility to reach our summum bonum (greatest good) by carrying out God's will and spending an eternal life with him. Humans are also the only beings that can hinder telos, either their own or something else's, for instance treading on an acorn prevents it from becoming an oak tree. Aquinas believed that Humans should follow the primary and secondary precepts. The primary precepts are to: Worship God, live in an ordered society, reproduce, learn and defend the
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