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    De Leon, Mary Angeline V.

    BSED II-ENGLISH
    As a rational beings,
    we have free will.

    Free will- the ability to


    act freely
    Through our capacity for reason, we are to judge
    between possibilities and to choose to direct our
    actions in one way or the other.

    Our actions are directed toward attaining ends or


    goods that we desire.
    There are many possible desirable
    ends or goods, and we act in such ways as
    pursue them.

    However, just because we think that


    a certain end is good and is there desirable
    does not necessarily mean it is indeed
    good.
    Acts are rightly
    directed toward
    their ends by
    reason.
    Aquinas reminds us that this will not do;
    we cannot simply in pursuit of our own
    ends or good without any regard for
    other people's ends or good We are not
    isolated beings, but beings who belong
    to a community.
    What exactly the common good is might
    not always be easy to determine as the
    are many variables to consider, such as
    the particular community we are
    thinking of or the particular ends that
    the community is pursuing.
    What is of greater significance for us
    here is the recognition that, since we
    must consider not just our own good
    but also that of others, we cannot act in
    just any which way; there would have
    to be some kind of measure to our acts.
    Aquinas puts it, the
    law must regard
    properly the
    relationship to
    universal happiness.
    A law, therefore, is concerned
    with the common good.
    ● In a way, making of a law belongs either to
    the whole people or to a public person who
    has care for the common good or is tasked
    with the concern for the good of the
    community or of the whole people.
    It is also necessary for rules or laws to be
    communicated to the people involved in order
    to enforce them and to better ensure
    compliance.
    This is referred to as promulgation.
    Promulgation- the act of making a law or
    decree known, or formally putting it into effect,
    by public declaration
    Aquinas's own summary of this point is
    worth citing:

    "The definition of law may be gathered;


    and it is nothing else than an ordinance
    of reason for the common good, made
    by him who has care of the community,
    and promulgated."
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