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Quick questions on Natural Moral Law: Aquinas, precepts and double effect - WJEC A-Level Religious Studies
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The charge that Natural Law is too rigid is the central evaluative issue, and it is only partly fair. The theory does treat the primary precepts and certain secondary precepts as absolute, which can yield hard results: an exceptionless rule against taking innocent life, for instance, gives no room for the kind of weighing that consequentialists demand. Yet Natural Law contains genuine flexibility that the caricature ignores.
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Name the five primary precepts. [5 marks]
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What is the doctrine of double effect? [2 marks]
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Evaluate the view that Natural Moral Law gives clear and reliable moral guidance. [20 marks]
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