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An approach to morality which holds that human beings should act in accordance with their natural purposes. In Catholic teaching, these purposes are understood as part of God’s created order.
This is connected to Natural Law: the belief that people should act in accordance with the purposes built into God’s creation. Artificial contraception is rejected because it deliberately prevents sex from fulfilling its procreative purpose. This does not mean Catholic teaching expects every sexual act to result in pregnancy; rather, couples should not deliberately block its potential to create life.
Revise: Contrasting Beliefs on Contraception
The belief that moral rules can be understood from the purposes built into human nature by God.
Revise: Contrasting Beliefs on Same-Sex Relationships
Revise: Contraception and Family Planning

Paper 1

A moral approach associated with Thomas Aquinas which uses reason to identify and follow God's purposes in human nature.
Thomas Aquinas was a medieval Catholic theologian and philosopher. His Natural Law approach argues that God created human beings with purposes which reason can help us recognise. Living well means acting in accordance with those purposes, not simply following whatever we happen to desire.
Revise: Sexual Relationships in Christianity

How each exam board covers it

Paper 2

An approach to morality which holds that human beings should act in accordance with their natural purposes. In Catholic teaching, these purposes are understood as part of God’s created order.
This is connected to Natural Law: the belief that people should act in accordance with the purposes built into God’s creation. Artificial contraception is rejected because it deliberately prevents sex from fulfilling its procreative purpose. This does not mean Catholic teaching expects every sexual act to result in pregnancy; rather, couples should not deliberately block its potential to create life.
Revise: Contrasting Beliefs on Contraception
The belief that moral rules can be understood from the purposes built into human nature by God.
Revise: Contrasting Beliefs on Same-Sex Relationships
Revise: Contraception and Family Planning

Paper 1

A moral approach associated with Thomas Aquinas which uses reason to identify and follow God's purposes in human nature.
Thomas Aquinas was a medieval Catholic theologian and philosopher. His Natural Law approach argues that God created human beings with purposes which reason can help us recognise. Living well means acting in accordance with those purposes, not simply following whatever we happen to desire.
Revise: Sexual Relationships in Christianity

Natural Law