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The Virtue of PrudenceAquinas – “right reason in action”How do we grow in prudence?

• Grace• Experience• Honest evaluation of mistakes

The Stop Sign Method

S T OP

Defined: (CCC 1731)Determinists vs. Self-DeterminingKinds of FreedomLimits of FreedomAbuses Against FreedomResponsibility

The ProcessThe Fundamental Norm of Christianity

What does good law do? The Moral Law St. Thomas Aquinas

Definition of LawElements of Law

Natural Law Civil Law

Civil Disobedience Revealed Law

Old Law New Law

Divine Law Four Purposes of….according to Aquinas

Church Law The six precepts of the Church

Do Good – Avoid Evilo Aristotleo All other moral principles flow from this

Do Unto Others What You Would Have Them Do To Youo Agreed upon by the world’s major religions

The End Does Not Justify The Meanso Purpose and Methodo Principle of Proportionality

Natural Lawo Following what is natural for human beings and rest of

creation