Quiz 8: Aquinas

According to Aquinas, good has the nature of __________ and evil has the nature of ___________.

A. pleasure; pain

B. an end; a contrary

C. being; nonbeing

D. God; Satan

B. an end; a contrary

According to Aquinas, sinful actions result from

A. reason's failure to apply the general principle of the natural law to a particular case.

B. rejection of secondary principles by evil persuasion, vicious custom, or corrupt habit.

C. both a and b

D. none of the above (Aquinas thinks that sin is impossible.)

C. both a and b

According to Aquinas, what is the first precept of law?

A. God is to be praised, and Satan is to be condemned.

B. Good is to be done and pursued, and evil is to be avoided.

C. Act according to the precepts of the state, and never against.

D. Desires are to be fulfilled, and pain is to be avoided.

B. Good is to be done and pursued, and evil is to be avoided.

Aquinas maintains that the first principle of practical reason is

A. "the divine law has the character of eternal law."

B. "seek out that which you desire."

C. "good is that which all things seek after."

D. "the same thing cannot be affirmed and denied at the same time."

C. "good is that which all things seek after."

Aquinas maintains that the natural law is

A. different for all in both general principles and matters of detail.

B. the same for all in general principles, but not in all matters of detail.

C. the same for all in both general principles and matters of detail.

D. the same for all in matters of detail, but not in general principles.

B. the same for all in general principles, but not in all matters of detail.

On Aquinas's view, which aspects of the natural law are unchangeable?

A. first principles

B. secondary principles

C. both first and secondary principles

D. none of the above

A. first principles

The notion of __________ is the first thing that falls under the apprehension of the practical reason.

A. "good"

B. "being"

C. "desire"

D. "God"

B. "being"

What does Aquinas say is the proper form of man?

A. laziness

B. the wicked mind

C. happiness

D. the rational soul

D. the rational soulpre

"...all those things to which man has a natural __________, are naturally apprehended by reason as being good, and consequently as objects of pursuit, and their contraries as evil, and objects of avoidance. Wherefore according to the order of natural __________, is the order of the precepts of the natural __________."

inclination; inclinations; law

"Now each thing is inclined naturally to an __________ that is suitable to it according to its __________: thus fire is inclined to give heat."

operation; form