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Natural law limits government and arbitrary power

By Filings on Fri, 08/19/22
Society & Culture
Natural Law
Political Philosophy
Thomas Aquinas
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“…natural law does not hold that all moral evil can or should be prohibited by the state. The free choice to lie, for example, is always wrong because such acts always damage the good of truth. Yet we don’t legally prohibit and punish all acts of lying.” - Samuel Gregg

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There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

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