The natural law functions in a way that is analogous to the aforementioned principles. According to Aquinas, all human actions are governed by a general principle or precept that is foundational to and necessary for all practical reasoning: good is to be done [and pursued] and evil is to be avoided. This principle is not something we can ignore or defy. Rather, it is an expression of how practical thought and action proceed in creatures such as ourselves.
Whenever we deliberate about how we should act, we do so by virtue of a natural inclination to pursue (or avoid) those goods (or evils) that contribute to (or deter us from) our perfection as human beings.
1. pursue those goods that contribute to our perfection as human beings.
2. avoid those evils that deter us from our perfection as human beings.
https://iep.utm.edu/thomasaquinas-moral-philosophy/
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