Political Principles for Catholic Voters: Lesson Three Political Principles for Catholic Voters Session 3: Putting First Things First Test your knowledge! What is the eternal law?* Right and wrong God's will for the government of the universe The existence of heaven and hell as mechanisms of God's justice What is natural law?* Rational creatures' participation in eternal law Something rational creatures can't not know All of the above None of the above Under what circumstances is a human law not a true law at all?* When it conflicts with natural law When it offers a definition of right and wrong When it asks something difficult for our human nature to accept What obscures our capacity to know first principles?* Our humanness Our mortality Our sin What kind of issues are non-negotiable?* Those about which we feel most strongly Those we often forget Those involving first principles
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