Aquinas's hylomorphic account of human nature means that 'natural' functions as a thick normative concept already laden with teleological goodness, making the natural/good distinction artificial rather than directional.
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An idea that tells us how things *should* be or what we *ought* to do, rather than just describing how things actually are.
Teleological(as used in ethics and metaphysics)
Based on the idea that things have a built-in purpose or end goal they're naturally moving toward (like how an acorn's 'purpose' might be to become an oak tree).
Thick normative concept(as a stronger version of a normative concept)
A term that does double duty: it both describes what something is like AND carries a judgment about whether it's good or bad, rather than being neutral.