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Questions about Aquinas' Natural Law and Precepts

1) Does Thomas Aquinas believes that humans have an innate sense of morality or does he believe all humans have the ability to use reason to decide what is right or wrong, so an innate ability to come to moral conclusion as opposed to an innate sense of morality?

2) Where does he get these Five Precepts from? If he believes that all humans have the ability to use reason to judge what is right and wrong, what is the need for absolute precepts?

3) Is Divine Law just what the Church teaches from interpretations from the Bible? So if you use reasoning to decide something is right but it contradicts what the Church teaches, even if you have used reasoning you are wrong?

4) Is the Natural Law then just the objective laws that exist and are found through our own reasoning?

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