Religion Ethics Test

Ethics

Ta ethika (having to do good with character

The good that humans tend towards (happiness, freedom)

Morality

Moralitas (having to do with the customs, habits, and manners shaping human life)

In the ways that humans can attain this good (rules, laws, etc)

Ethical Relativism

Denies the existence of a single, universally moral standard

Descriptive Relativism

holds that what people believe is morally right and wrong and is different from one society to another

Ethical Absolution

One morality applies everywhere, although not everyone follows or believes it

Virtue

Behavior showing high moral standards

Freedom/Free Will

Self explanatory

Conscience

Judgement of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that is going to be performed, in the process of performing, or has already completed

Vincible Ignorance

lack of knowledge that a person is morally responsible because they could have been removed by applying reasonable diligence

Invincible Ignorance

Ignorance cannot be overcame by by reasonable effort

Theology

study of nature of God and religious belief

Philosophy

study of the nature of knowledge, reality and existence

Euthanasia

painless killing of a person

Voluntary Active Euthanasia 

A physician intentionally ending someone’s life with a lethal dosage 

Compassionate Homicide

To kill someone with the intention of relieving their suffering