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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
A fundamental principle in Aquinas' Natural Law from which more specific moral rules are derived.
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Paper 1
Revise: Sexual Relationships in ChristianityThe second Primary Precept is particularly important in debates about sex. In a traditional Natural Law interpretation, reproduction is a natural purpose of sexual intercourse. Deliberately preventing it therefore frustrates that purpose.
Explain how a teaching supports an argument: naming the second Primary Precept is not enough without linking reproduction to the issue.
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