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infinite
endless
teleological
having to do with something’s design
teleological thinking
seeking to understand something’s ultimate end
telos
end
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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
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… 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
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