7 APRIL 1961, Page 18

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Sta,--Mr. Richard Wollheim draws a

sharp•distinc- tion between what Mr. St. John-Stevas believes 'as a Catholic' and what he believes `as a liberal'; and it is as a liberal that he believes that 'the dictates of Natural Law should not he enforced by the State unless the common good is involved.'

May I remind Mr. Wollheim that St. Thomas Aquinas defined [human] law as `a certain rule of reason for the purpose of the common good'; and also stated that 'the general principles of the natural law cannot be applied in' the same way to all.' But perhaps St. Thomas wasn't thinking as a Catholic either?—Yours faithfully,

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