ethics midterm

spirituality

what we believe gives ultimate meaning and value to our lives

morality

effort to flourish as persons and communities in response to ultimate value

christian spirituality

relationship with god as ultimate value definition of good/happiness

christian morality

response to and pursuit of relationship with god as ultimate value

christian anthropology

sacred social spiritual embodied/creaturely rational/intellect free

sacred

dignity in image and likeness of god

social

god is love

sacred gives rights

social gives responsibilities

spiritual

seek transcendence

rational

capacity to perceive/pursue metaphysical truths

free

bio-psycho-socio-eco

ethics of being

what sort of person should i become

ethics of doing

what sort of action should i perform

schema of christian life

1. good is love

2. god loves us

3. we love god

4. we are transformed

   1. we respond in/through/with love

love aquinas

love is willing an dacting for good

two feet of love in action

charitable works and social justice

goodness

person striving for the good

badness

person not striving for the good

right

action attain the good

wrong

action does not attain the good

whom should i be

virtue ethics questions

prudence justice temperance fortitude

four moral virtues

prudence

right reason applied to action

justice

habit whereby a person renders to each one their own due

fortitude

overcomes particularly strong challenges to temperance

temperance

regulates pleasure of touch with reason

faith hope charity

theolgical virtues

faith

identifies god as greatest good

hope

desire moves one toward god as goal

charity

appetite is satisfied by union with god as goal

what is the rule

deontology core question

kant

doing ones duty following objective moral rules

categorical imperative

formula of universal law and formula of the end itself

formula of universal law

we should be able to concieve of our of reasoning as universal law and we should be able to will that our way of reasoning should become universal law

formula of the end in itself

treat others as subjects not objects and empower consent of others

what is the consequence

core question of utilitarianism

utilitarinism

max pleasure and min pain and right determined by consequences measured in utility

act

every act must be calculated

rule

apply rule of thumb that generally max utility

freedom

power or right to act speak or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint

positive freedom

for flourishing empowers actions

negative freedom

from interventions that require or prevent actions

freedom of self determination

fundamental option, stance and options (ethics of being)

freedom of choice

smaller choices we make day to day that may mislead us or reinforce our fundamental option (ethics of doing)

conceptual knowledge

head knowledge rooted in verifiable facts about values and faith based on claims acquired through learning

Evaluative knowledge

heart knowledge rooted in affect sensibilities learned through experience and encounter direct or indirect

Invincible ignorance

no way could have freely striven to know better = responsible 

Vincible ignorance

could/should have freely striven to know better = culpable

Culpability

blameworthiness for choosing in knowledge and with freedom to be unloving or selfish DEMANDS freedom and knowledge 

Responsibility

does not automatically mean we are morally culpable

sin

failure to love

Social/Structural sin

out of these sins they come of out personal sin and is perpetuated by it

rights

claims on basic good every human person needs

responsibilities

duties owed

conscience

capacity process judgement place

correct seeing

right thinking

process

discern ethics of being and doing

judgement

who to be and what to do

experience reason/natural law tradition scripture

four source of moral theology

church

people of god

church mission

build god kingdom here and now

dogma doctrine prudential judgement

three levels of church teaching

apostolic succession

Jesus gave it to all apostles then they pass it down by appointing successors aka bishops now Bishops exercise apostolic teaching authority but in order to be infallible all bishops must make unanimous descions

exegetical hermeneutical methodological theological

four critical uses of scripture

exegetical task

what did it mean then in its orginal context

hermenuetical task

what does it mean now

methodological task

what should we do whom should we become

theological task

relate scripture to other sources

Revealed reality

prescriptive function by offering authoritative guidance for judgements and behavior ethic of being

Revealed morality

overall portrayal of the values and goals that are pursued in shaping praiseworth moral life ethics of being

Analogical imagination

the idea that scripture can be a helpful resource, but can’t be fully connected to my life today because it’s different so we have to imagine what it would mean in today’s world and for my life

law

ordinance of reason for the common good

eternal law

divine wisdom reason god uses to structure = moral truth

divine law

extraordinary revelation god stepping out revealing bits of eternal law

natural law

human use of reason to identify and discern objective eternal law

human/civil law

legislating of natural law reasonable policies in society

physicalism

the naturalistic fallacy is pught what is in natural world ought to be done

personalism

the whole person body/soul/spirit the flourishing of person is right

catholic social teaching

A resource for conscientious discernment

as equality or equity

Preferential option for the poor, vulnerable, and marginalized

justice for aquinas

giving whats due

commutative contributive distributive social

Four types of justice in Hollenbach’s model

commutative

justice between people caling for fundamental fairness

contributive

implies person has obligation to be participant in society as long as societu enables them

distributive

requires for allocation of resources in light of effects on person whose basic needs are unmet

social justice

requires overall institutional framework that enable people to particpate in building up the common good and share in the benefits

Solidarity

“Firm and preserving determination to commit to oneself to the common good; that is to say to the good of all of each individual, because we are all really responsible for all.”

Common good

“Those conditions of social life which allow social groups and their individual members relatively thorough and ready to access their own fulfillment.”

state

step in and ensure common good and flourishing

subsidairty

lowest possible and highest necessary and influence by voluntary action

Differentiated responsibilities

the people who contributes more to emissions and climate change have a larger responsibility to step up and fix it. And people who have the ability to fix it should.

climate feedback

warming causes warming

1.1ºC

Documented post-industrial temperature rise

1.5ºC

Tipping point of post-industrial temperature rise

Global GHG emissions peak by 2025 Cut ~50% from 2019 levels by 2030 Net zero CO2 by 2050

IPCC-identified emissions cuts by 2025, 2030, and 2050

essay 1 outline

intro - say important to understand values of people life and how schema views S and M as symbiotic like being and doing an dthesis = importance of symbotioc relationship appeal christian framework

body - define S and M, define schema, schema reveals symbitoic relationship, appeal to frameowrk bc of symbiotic

conclusion - relate back to vatican council and how S and M are interconnected

essay 2 outline

intro - talk about how do you make a moral descion and how theories have different foundations and talk about how they appraoch moral dilemnas differently and i like util

body - virtue of ethics who am i and what virtues do i have, deontology whats the rule and what are the rules, util what is the conseuqnece all of them or rule of thumb, util is best

conclusion - all have pors and cons overview of the theories restate util is best