The Essence of Natural Law
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What allows human beings to judge between possibilities and choose to direct their actions?

  • Social pressure
  • Emotion
  • Instinct
  • Free will (correct)
  • What is necessary to always be part of the process of directing actions towards attaining ends or goods?

  • Social pressure
  • Emotion
  • Instinct
  • Reason (correct)
  • What term is used to refer to the consideration of not only our own goods but also the ends or goods of others?

  • Individualism
  • Selfishness
  • Personal gain
  • Common good (correct)
  • What does Aquinas remind us we cannot simply pursue without considering the ends or goods of others?

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    What is referred to as the limits or measures in our acts that lead to the ends or goods of both ourselves and others?

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