Do humans have a moral right to sustain and preserve life? Examining the foundations of self-defense and the natural law of self-preservation can offer some insight. We’ll discuss what natural law is and how to St. Thomas Aquinas offers insight into how your actions in any situation can be considered either moral or immoral.

Also, we’ll go over the five precepts of legal self-defense from a jurisprudence standpoint and what practical measures you can ingrain into your day-to-day life which will allow you to positively uphold the natural law of self-preservation.

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Sources:

- Aquinas, Thomas (13th c). Summa Theologica II-II, Q. 64, art. 7, “Of Killing”, in On Law, Morality, and Politics, William P. Baumgarth and Richard J. Regan, S.J. (eds.), Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Co., 1988, pp. 226–7

- Mangan, Joseph, 1949. “An Historical Analysis of the Principle of Double Effect,” Theological Studies, 10: 41–61.