Derecho, razón y pasión en la ley natural

Diego Poole

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Published: Nov 1, 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15581/016.48.14167

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Poole, D. (2008). Law, reason, and passion in the natural law. Ius Canonicum, 48(96), 537-571. https://doi.org/10.15581/016.48.14167

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Creatures participate in the eternal law in two different ways: as a mere material inclination stamped in nature (the improper concept of law), and as a formal participation, as imperative towards an end, created by human reason (the proper sense of law, insofar as it only exists in rational creatures). According to this second sense, human reason is regulatory and prescriptive, the creative source of law, in an analogous way as divine wisdom is. Natural law consists properly in this participation of human reason in the divine reason, in that it manifests itself in such a way that, in like manner to divine reason and cooperating with it, human reason is able to contribute to the ordering of everything -of oneself first of all- towards its end. In this ordering task, man's reason and appetitive power interact together, being perfected by moral virtue. In turn, human law is shown as that minimum indispensable solidarity demanded by natural law. This work will also explain the manner in which human law is derived from natural law. It will also demonstrate the difference between 'ius gentium' and 'ius naturale'. And finally, it will make reference to natural law's religious dimension.

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Natural Law, Eternal Law, Practical Reason

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Vol 48 No 96 (2008)

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