The authors hold that only the primary precepts of the natural law and those easily deduced from them, such as the evil of adultery, are known to all and obligatory on all. Other precepts, including that of chastity and hence that against contraception, are known only by reason to "the wise" or by divine revelation, and most people are excused from obeying them.
The authors hold that only the primary precepts of the natural law and those easily deduced from them, such as the evil of adultery, are known to all and obligatory on all. Other precepts, including that of chastity and hence that against contraception, are known only by reason to "the wise" or by divine revelation, and most people are excused from obeying them.
The authors could not hold this position except by claiming that most people were excused from listening to the nature of love.
The authors hold that only the primary precepts of the natural law and those easily deduced from them, such as the evil of adultery, are known to all and obligatory on all. Other precepts, including that of chastity and hence that against contraception, are known only by reason to "the wise" or by divine revelation, and most people are excused from obeying them.
The authors could not hold this position except by claiming that most people were excused from listening to the nature of love.