Is there an orientation towards the good - natural law

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Natural law

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p-is there order and structure in the world?

s-stoicism and religious thinkers and paleo observe a sense of order and rational structure in the universe

Ca-Dawkins and Darwin, order in nature is random chance

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p-do we all have a natural inclination towards the good?

S-aquinas- we all aim for goodness and an apparent good is just a failed attempt of a real good

Ca-real and apparent goods are a little naive eg. Rapists don’t have a natural inclination towards the good

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p-does Karl barths argument prove that we don’t have an orientation towards the good?

S-Karl barths argument fails because original sin at most can diminish our inclination towards the good, not destroy it

Ca-impossible for fallen human reason to ever be capable of acting in accordance with the good, creates human concept of the good not gods

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