HRE4M EXAM

infinite

infinite

endless

teleological

having to do with something’s design

teleological thinking

seeking to understand something’s ultimate end

telos

end

-

finality

logos

study

empiricism

theory: knowledge comes from evidence perceived by senses

subjective

relating to own reality perception arising from mind

objective (C1)

relating to sensible experience independent of one’s thought & perceived by others

autonomy

free self-direction

ethics

discipline dealing with nature of good / human & criteria for making judgment

morality

conduct system based on fundamental belief to follow codes

obligation

what one is bound by duty to do

responsibility (C1)

being morally accountable for actions

Revelation

ways God makes Himself known

How is God fully revealed?

in Jesus Christ

What is the revealed Word of God?

Scriptures

What does God reveal through creation?

Self

What does Aristotle hold a good person would use?

reason to control desire

ethical experience: duty

curfew

deon

duty

For Kant, what is motivated by duty?

real human worth

For Kant, what determines duty?

maxims

For Kant, what determines how duty is universally applicable?

reason

If norms aren’t the final word, what is?

good

For Kant, what are areas that may not be empirically proven, yet needed to pursue / attain supreme good?

• God

• freedom

• immortality

For Kant, when is a human action morally good?

when done for duty’s sake

For Levinas, what is Good?

philosophy’s central question

For Levinas, what is a trace of the Good?

what’s unique about everyone

ethical experience: personal response

scream

For Aristotle, what is ethics’ core?

political intent

For Aristotle, what do ethics state?

human life = shaped to full in community

agent

person who acts freely / chooses to not/do / is accountable for action / omission / initiates event

objective

acceptance of fact that sensory experience represents data outside self

verb

word to express action

aggravate

make worse

mitigate

make less severe

action

realization of human freedom’s power

determinism

view: human behaviour = free will physical / social causes’ product

intention

reason for doing something that appears as good

freedom

capacity to choose / act

predestination

view: behaviour = predetermined

responsibility

conviction: person = agent

> freedom / knowledge / ability

conceptual framework of action

allows to indirectly understand action by asking questions

free will

freedom exercise & measure ; free choice

motive

reason for action

naturalism

material universe = unified system

providence

God’s influence upon events

religious determinism

belief in providence

What does John Calvin believe?

ethics have no place in predestination

Puritan tradition

belief that sin has depraved humans so they live deserving damnation; God loves some “That’s just the way it is”

Why does Catholic tradition maintain providence and freedom don’t conflict?

God initiates love with salvation BUT we make use of & need cooperation

social determinism

behaviour = determined by others’ influences

humanism

view on human values & self-realization through action

What do humanists and secularists usually accept and reject?

+ reason
- divine reference

secularism

view rejecting religion

commitment

pledge to carry future out

habit

behaving manner acquired by repetition, prevailing disposition

identity

distinguishing character

judgment

concrete decision of what I must do based on perception & value

moral stance

what I stand for

narcissism

self-absorption disorder

psychiatry

medicine branch dealing with mental disorders

psychology

mind study

Trinity

central Christian mystery

language…

…shares common experiences with others

person

the self as relational

superego

ego of another superimposed on own as internal censor using guilt

id

unconscious instict reservoir dominated by pleasure

ego

conscious structure mediating id & society operated on reality principle

call story

God imparting mission

covenant

binding agreement between parties spelling out conditions

Revelation

higher knowledge order not from reason

How does God fully make Himself known?

sending Son & Holy Spirit

vocation

God’s call

What does Jesus call all of us to?

God’s family

What does God personally call us to?

life founded on love of God & neighbour

Scriptures

God’s inspired Word

Why is an encounter with God never neutral?

call & summons

With what is the desire for the other linked?

God’s covenant

call story: step 1

God’s confrontation

call story: step 2

intro speech

call story: step 3

imparting mission

call story: step 4

prophet objection

call story: step 5

God’s reassurance

call story: step 6

sign

prophet

mediator between God & people

sin

transgression

parousia

Christ’s second coming ‘at end of age’

What does Matthew call the kingdom of God?

kingdom of heaven

grace

free help God gives to respond to call

apocalyptic literature

writing style evolving during Jesus’ time employing imagery

What was apocalyptic literature’s focus?

history’s end & God’s purifying judgment

beatitude

pronouncement form presupposing good has been given / is to be received

What contains a list of beatitudes?

Sermon on the Mount

eschatological

pertaining to end of time, in fullness

eschatological ethics

ethics insisting we can already live what God will reveal
-

… of response to experience of being loved

What does eschatological ethics call upon?

best efforts though result appears to be fraction of God’s good

exegesis

text’s analysis in original context
uncovering author’s cultural particularities to understand intent

gospel

literary genre proclaiming Jesus’ life from living faith perspective

hermeneutics

interpreting texts to understand what they mean in 21st century