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ACTS
Human
Hence,
DEFINITION OF LAW
St.
An
LAW IS AN ORDINANCE
A
law is an ordinance.
An
LAW IS AN ORDINANCE OF
REASON
A law is an ordinance of REASON and
not an arbitrary or whimsical decree
of the legislators will.
A law does, of course, come from
the will of the lawgiver, but from his
reasonable will, that is from his will
illumined by understanding of an end
necessary or useful to be attained,
toward which the law serves as a
proper direction.
LAW MUST BE
REASONABLE
Hence,
A LAW IS PROMULGATED
A
True
Law
The
Here,
Almighty
lawgiver
To
CLASSIFICATION OF LAWS
According
All
Usually,
Positive
According
According
LAW
CHARACTERISTICS OF
ETERNAL LAW
Eternal
NATURAL LAW
NATURAL LAW
Our
universe is composed of an
infinite variety of beautifully
arranged things. Indeed, nature
shows a constant order which is the
result of a universal plan and
immutable laws.
To these natural laws are subject all
the movements and energies of the
world, the behavior of atoms and
molecules, the majestic course of
Man
Natural
Man
The
HUMAN
POSITIVE LAW
Human positive law is enacted by
Church or State.
When such a law is truly law-that is
to say, when it is just, honest,
possible, useful and duly
promulgated it derives its binding force from the
natural law and so ultimately from
Eternal law from God.
PROPERTIES OF THE
NATURAL LAW
It
It
It
PROPERTIES OF HUMAN
LAWS
Human
Human
Definition of Conscience
Conscience
is the practical
judgment of reason upon an
individual act as good to be
performed or as evil to be
avoided.
It
Now,
We
Before
Conscience
is a practical judgment.
This means that it has reference to
something to be done, i.e either the
performance or the omission of an
act. It is obvious that conscience is a
practical judgment. It is a judgment
that commands, forbids, allows or
advises according as it declares an
individual act obligatory, prohibited,
permissible or prudent.
KINDS OF CONSCIENCE
Correct
Certain
conscience: is a subjective
assurance
of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of
a certain
act.
Doubtful conscience is a vacillating
conscience, unable to make a
definite judgment on a certain
action.
Scrupulous conscience: is a rigorous
Lax
CONSCIENCE AND
SUPER-EGO
In
Functions
As
These
On
CONSCIENCE
Other-oriented
SUPER-EGO
Selfish
CONSCIENCE
Dynamic;ables to deal with
new situations
SUPER-EGO
Static; does not grow and
develop
CONSCIENCE
Looks forward in order to
improve the present
SUPER-EGO
Always looks backward with
guilt feelings
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
CONSCIENCE AND SUPEREGO
CONSCIENCE
Value-oriented,
SUPER-EGO
Authority-oriented
CONSCIENCE
Acts with prudence based
on reason and light of faith
SUPER-EGO
Tends to act independently
a moral decision in
complicated matters is both a
challenge and anguish. In such
cases, the problem requires
information, reflection, and prayer.
INFORMATION
Since
REFLECTION
Every decision-making requires a
reflection on the act itself. First of all, I
must analyze the nature of the act. What
is it that I am about to do?
Second, I must ask myself, what is my
intention in doing the action.
PRAYER
For
CONSCIENCE IN THE
PROCESS OF TIME
Conscience
is at work in us three
ways, that is before we act, while we
are doing the action and after we
have performed it.
1.
2.
Concomitant
conscience refers to my
actual awareness of being morally
responsible for the goodness and the
badness of the particular act while I
am doing it.
3.