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Powers

Capacities for doing something

Dispositions

A property that inclines the possessor towards some state

Theoretical Reason

Reason’s concern with what is (i.e. metaphysics) and what we know (i.e. epistemology)

Metaphysics

The branch of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being

Epistemology

The branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature of knowledge and its grounds

Practical Reason

Reason’s concern with how to act

Synderesis

The innate knowledge of first moral principles

Telos

A thing's end, purpose, or goal

Moral Absolutism

The innate knowledge of first moral principles

(Aquinas' ultimate definition of) Law

Law is an order of reason for the common good by one who has the care of community, and promulgated

Eternal Law

God's plan of creation, in which He appoints to everything its appropriate end

Natural Law

God's plan for human beings as communicated to them by reason

Human Law

Ordinances of rulers to their subjects, for the subjects' benefit, that have their source in the natural law

Divine Law

The law that God informs us of