Not to mention, an important aspect of the Church’s teaching on the dignity of life is that it is under the natural law of humanity, and within natural law dignity cannot be shaken, revised or removed, “the natural law is immutable and permanent throughout the variations of history; it subsists under the flux of ideas and customs and supports their progress. The rules that express it remain substantially valid. Even when it is rejected in its very principles, it cannot be destroyed or removed from the heart of man…” (CCC 1958). The Church also believes that this natural law, through human reason, creates inalienable, moral laws based on our human nature (as it is also commonly defined). In terms of bioethics and the Church, there is often …show more content…
God willed...human nature…in creating it. Therefore, what is contrary to human nature is contrary to God’s will. God’s will is expressed not merely in His direct commands, but also in His creating nature, and human nature, with natural ends. The reason there is natural law is because all nature is…designed to move toward natural ends…” (118). The Church believes that God wills for us to live to know, love, and serve Him. This is the basic, Catholic answer to the meaning of life and thus how He directs us in our lives, although free will allows us to deny His will. To act against ourselves, our nature and the Imago Dei doctrine goes against our purpose to know, love and serve him because in respecting our human nature and loving ourselves rightly, we are loving Him. This is a concrete conclusion for the arguments of bioethics with medical procedures and such that have already been addressed in Catholic teaching. To deny our nature when developing science and technology is to ultimately deny God in our lives, and this is an important aspect of Catholic moral theology and