... Aquinas view, this higher good was God. Aquinas argued that human reason was given by God (Romans 2:14 - "God had written his law on people's hearts...") and that this was the starting point for morality. He talks about the idea that human beings are intelligent enough to be able to direct themselves and therefore take responsibility for knowing and doing what God intends for them. He says that human reason is required to examine and follow the sense of purpose that God has given to us by being our creator. Aquinas believed that falling short of the standard or the 'good' is sin because it is when a human being becomes less than God has intended them to be. He also says that nobody seeks evil; instead it is sought as an apparent good and therefore rests on a mistake. This is due to the fact that human kind ...

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