Morality Unit 1

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Nihilism

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the belief that nothing has any meaning or real value

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Dignity

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being worthy of respect or esteem

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Nihilism

the belief that nothing has any meaning or real value

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Dignity

being worthy of respect or esteem

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Inherent

inborn, coming from the nature of something(it’s essence)

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Free Will

the human ability to choose, rooted in reason

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Subsidairty

a higher unit of society should not do that a lower unit can do as well or better

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Common Good

to the benefit or interest of all

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Solidarity

virtue of social charity or friendship

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What words have Germanic roots

Common Good(gut) and Free Will (wyllan)

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Words with Latin Roots

Nihilism, Dignity, Inherent, Subsidiarity, Solidarity.

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What it means to say that we are made in the divine image

  • We are made out of love, for love, and to love one another and all creation
  • God gave us the ability to think, to choose, to love
  • We possess dignity above and beyond other animals
  • We can enter into a covenant with God
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How original sin wounded out original nature

  • pain and death entered human life
  • we lost the ability to see God and the peace of our nature
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The difficulty in defining “good” and “evil” and what is necessary to define it

  • “Good” depends upon an ideal. A concept or value help to be of utmost importance
  • without this ideal “good” and “evil” mean nothing
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What distinguishes humans from animals

  • free will and dignity
  • humans have rationality, animals have an instinct
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God’s purpose in creating humans

to be stewards of creation, to love and care for it

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Why we are made as sexual beings

  • procreation
  • to live out our purpose in loving and creating life
  • it reflects the status as a composite being with a body and soul