Catholicism and the Natural Law: A Response to Four Misunderstandings

This article responds to four criticisms of the Catholic view natural law: (1) it commits naturalistic fallacy, (2) makes divine revelation unnecessary, (3) implausibly claims establish a shared universal set moral beliefs, and (4) disregards noetic effects sin. Relying largely on Church’s most important theologian law, St. Thomas Aquinas, author argues that each criticism rests misunderstanding view. To accomplish this end, first introduces reader law by way an illustration he calls “the ten (bogus) rules.” He then presents Aquinas’ primary precepts shows how our rejection bogus rules ultimately relies these (and inferences from them). In second half article, directly criticisms.