Morality Exam:

Law

According to St. Thomas Aquinas, _________ is “an ordinance of reason promulgated by a proper authority for the common good”

ignorance

lack of knowledge or information

Freedom of Indifference

“freedom from” -- does not take the notion of right and wrong into account; sees freedom as the right to individually determine what is good, right, and just with no outside arbiter

Protoevangelium

The “first Good News”

Relativism

the belief that everything is “relative” to society, culture, etc. – that there are no absolutes

Human Rights

Those things to which we have a just claim because we need them in order to fulfill the moral responsibilities of our human nature

Freedom

the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, and so to perform deliberate actions of one’s own

Hypostatic Union

Jesus Christ is one Divine Person, with two natures: a human nature and a divine nature

Natural Law

Humans’ participation in the eternal law by reading what is written upon our hearts through the use of our reason

Amoral

lacking a sense or quality of moral characteristics or having to do with right and wrong

Civil Laws

The set of laws people make by their own powers, such as the laws of various federal, state, and local governments

Intellect

Gives us the power to reason/think

Freewill

Gives us the power to make choices 

Concupiscience

the inclination or tendency toward sin

Incarnation

the Son of God assumed (took on) human nature and became Man in order to accomplish our salvation

Eternal Law

The source of all law, God Himself... God’s plan for the world

Natural Law

Humans’ participation in the eternal law by reading what is written upon our hearts through the use of our reason

Divine Law

The law that comes to us through God’s revelation in history

Human Rights

Those things to which we have a just claim because we need them in order to fulfill the moral responsibilities of our human nature

Magisterium

the official teaching authority of the Church

Old Law

The laws of the Old Covenant given by God to His Chosen People

New Law

The law of the New Covenant established by Jesus

Conscience

the ability of man’s reason to judge whether an action is moral (good) or immoral (bad)

culpable

means "blameworthy"

Erroneous Conscience

A malformed conscience that departs from reason and divine law; may make a sincere but incorrect judgment

Invincible Ignorance

The state of a person who cannot be held responsible for lack of knowledge

Vincible Ignorance

The state of a person who is lacking knowledge he should have known.

Passions

emotions or feelings that incline us to act or not to act