philosophy

Question #1
Aquinas says that law is an ¡°ordination¡± or ¡°dictate¡± of reason, and that these always aim at happiness or blessedness. What Aquinas means here by ¡°ordination¡± is that he is saying that ordination is laws that are through God, not by us humans. Unlike God-made-laws, human-made-laws are either just or unjust in which case they do not impose the obligations of conscience. Aquinas believes that a law is unjust if it does not promote the common good, breaks the divine law and forbids worship of God; however, he also says t...