Religion - 5/6

Morality

The area of thought/life on how to obtain ultimate and lasting happiness

Christian moral life

the way of life Jesus invites us into. How we are to live well in imitation of him

Sin

Abuse of free will, departure from God, failure to love, ect. NOT something done by accident

Conscience

the faculty by which we make practical judgments of the mind assessing the goodness or evil of an action

informed conscience

conscience is educated and developed through constant use

erroneous conscience

follow a process of decision making but unwittingly makes wrong decisions

lax conscience

when a person does not employ a process of conscience decision making there by not facing or thinking about morality of action

circumstances (moral acts)

secondary factors (who, where, when, how, consequences

intention (moral acts)

ones motive or purpose of acting (WHY)

Moral object (moral acts)

the matter of our actions (what)

Catholic social teaching

how we are called to live and act in the world

justice