24 September 2019

The Catechism of the Summa - The Second Part: XVII. OF THE NATURAL LAW (B)

(B)
 
As regards the good of the individual, what does the first principle of the natural law proclaim as essential?

This principle proclaims that man must eat for the sustenance of his body, and that he may never attempt his life (XCIV. 2).
 
As regards the good of the species, what does the first principle of the natural law proclaim as essential?

This principle proclaims that there must be human beings who concern themselves with the conservation of the species by taking upon themselves the burden as well as the joys of fatherhood and motherhood; and that it is never lawful to do anything which tends to frustrate the object of fatherhood and motherhood (XCIV. 2).
 
As regards the good of reason, what does the first principle of the natural law proclaim as essential?

This principle proclaims that man, who is the work of God from whom he has received his all, and who was made to live in the society of other men, should honour God as his Sovereign Lord and Master, and should act towards his fellow-beings according as the nature of his relations with them demands (XCIV. 2).

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