chapter 8 morality directed reading worksheet

The main theme of Catholic _________________________ is that every human has _______________ and is worthy of

respect because everyone is created out of love in the __________ and likeness of God. _______________ is closely

connected with charity and the Fourth and Fifth _________________________ have to do with loving others and

____________________ because the first step in loving and respecting others is to love and respect ___________________.

Social teaching, dignity, image, respect, Commandments, God, yourself.

True or False? The higher a person's self-esteem the greater the probability the person will treat others with respect and love.

true

True or False? Only when we accept and love ourselves as God accepts and loves us can we in turn love and respect others.

true

What are the characteristics of a person with healthy self-esteem.

-Places high value on their thoughts, actions, and plans for the future because they know these things are gifts from God

-Confident and secure with who they are and not thrown off by a fad or contradiction from opposing values

What are concrete ways of maintaining healthy self-esteem?

Pray for the gift of faith

Meditate on the crucifix

Apologize to others

Celebrate penance

Spend time with people who accept you

Practice humility

The _______________ Commandment is set in the context of _______________ life, requiring us to "_______________ your

father and mother" to whom we "owe life and who have handed on to us the ____________________ of God." Further, it

_______________ us to honor and respect all others in proper authority because this ___________________ comes from God.

Fourth, family, honor, knowledge, obliges, authority

What are three basic rights a government must guarantee to families?

The right to private property, affordable housing, and a livable wage, protection from pornography, illegal drugs, and other influences that undermine family life, and the freedom to join together to promote family values in the political arena.

Every human is worthy of _______________, especially in the _________________________ between parents and children.

Parents derive from God their ____________________ to guide their children and they are their children's first

____________________. Children acknowledge that God is the ____________________ authority by honoring their parents

and _________________ their parents' reasonable wishes.

Honor, relationship, authority, teachers, ultimate, obey

How do adult children honor their parents?

Adult children honor their parents by seeking their advice, expressing their gratitude, and supporting them spiritually, psychologically, and financially, if necessary, through aging.

What are two basic duties of parents?

Educate their children intellectually and socially and provide a safe, warm environment of care, love, forgiveness, tenderness, and service.

True or False? The most important duty of parents is to honor their children's choice of vocation and career.

false

Civic authorities must uphold basic _______________ rights, ensuring that laws never violate human ____________________

or natural __________. Consequently, the ________________ Commandment requires that we honor ____________________

government and Church authorities because all authority originates from __________. Responsible citizens of a __________

society pay taxes, vote, and come to the __________ of fellow citizens in time of peril.

Human, dignity, law, Fourth, legitimate, God, just, aid

True or False? Citizens are obliged in conscience to follow the directives of civil authorities even when they are contrary to the

demands of the moral order.

false

Explain what the Fifth Commandment teaches about human life.

Respect for human life and condemns as gravely sinful any direct, intentional killing of an innocent person. Forbids any indirect act, or failure to act, that brings about a person's death.

True or False? Murder arises out of greed and lust and originates from Original Sin.

false

True or False? Jesus taught the importance of the Fifth Commandment in the Sermon on the Mount, adding to it the need to rid

oneself of anger, hatred, and vengeance.

true

While _________________________ killing an innocent person is always ____________________, it is acceptable to

_______________ one's own life and the lives of other innocent people. It is morally ______________________________ to

take the life of an ______________________ in those cases when it is the only way to protect ____________________ life. In

the case of the _______________ penalty, traditional Church teaching ____________________ its use only if it's the only way

to effectively keep the public _______________.

Intentionally, immoral, defend, permissible, aggressor, innocent, death, forbid, safe

True or False? The use of torture is never morally acceptable.

true

True or False? Noncombatants, wounded soldiers, and prisoners always deserve respect and human treatment.

true

True or False? Blindly following orders can sometimes excuse personal responsibility for committing heinous crimes.

false

True or False? The use of nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons, merits total condemnation because they are aimed at the indiscriminate destruction of pimple and regions.

true

What are two major negative consequences of the arms race?

Intensifies the danger of conflict and squanders resources that should be spent on the poor and needy.

What are three reasons the USCCB for opposing the use of capital punishment?

The death penalty, used when it is not necessary to protect society, violates respect for human life and dignity

A mistake made in applying the death penalty can never be undone

There are many other ways to punish criminals and protect society.

What are the four conditions for a "just war?"

An aggressor must be inflicting lasting, grave, and certain damage on a nation or community.

War must be a last resort. All peaceful alternatives must have been tried and have failed

There must be a reasonable chance for success to weigh against the human cost of war

Armed conflict must not create worse evil than the evil to be eliminated.

True or False? The Church respects citizens who serve in the military out of loyalty to their nation but not Christians who refuse

to meet violence with violence.

false

Made in God's _______________, each human being has incalculable _______________ and dignity and is to be treated with

utmost respect. ____________________, euthanasia, ____________________, and physician-assisted suicide are all serious

violations of the _______________ Commandment. The Church has always taught that the __________ of society must protect

every human person's _________________________ right to life from the first moment of _________________________.

Image, worth, Abortion, suicide, Fifth, laws, God-given, conception

Why is abortion a direct challenge to the ethics of Jesus?

He instructed his followers to care for the weakest and most defenseless.

Besides the unborn, who else are devalued in today's society?

Those suffering from dementia, the terminally ill, the mentally challenged, and others who do not fit into society's definition of what it means to be a productive person

_______________ euthanasia is always morally wrong, even if done with a good ____________________ because good

intentions do not ____________________ evil means. However, _______________ members and ____________________

personnel may legitimately decide to withhold "______________________________ means" and painkillers may be given to

lesson _________________________ even though they may shorten the patient's life. ____________________ means" of

treatment may never be withheld.

Direct, intentions, justify, family, medical, extraordinary, suffering, ordinary

True or False? A sick person may never morally refuse ordinary means when death is about to occur naturally.

false

True or False? "Ordinary means" of treatment may sometimes be removed to purposely end a patient's life.

false

What circumstances can lesson a person's culpability for committing suicide?

A person is less culpable for suicide if they have grave psychological problems, experiencing fear in the face of anticipated suffering, and when being tortured.

Summarize a response to each of the common pro-abortion arguments below.

33. It's not a baby. It's only a mass of tissue.

34. It's legal to have an abortion.

35. It's a woman's right to make choices that impact her own body.

36. Abortion is a method of contraception.

37. It is better not to bring an unwanted child into the world.

38. The world is overpopulated and abortion helps to control population.

39. The baby may be born with a disability.

40. Abortion must always be an option in the case of pregnancy that results from rape or incest.

41. It's better not to have a baby who will have to be supported by welfare.

42. Pushing a pro-life agenda is forcing your religious beliefs on others.

33. A person's genetic code is set at conception, so the egg can only develop into human life.

34. Legality does not make something right. It violates natural, eternal law.

35. The life of the child is also involved, no one is allowed to deliberately harm someone else.

36. Conception has already taken place, so it is not a contraceptive.

37. Every human being has dignity and worth because they are made in the image and likeness of God.

38. Murder and suicide are also effective means of population control, but they are not moral.

39. All people have value, including those who are disabled.

40. The baby is not responsible for the mother's trauma. Abortion will only make her healing process harder.

41. Life has more value than money, and society can help the baby.

42. Natural reason sides with the pro-life position, and pro-life is not exclusive to religious people.

True or False? Regardless of intention, assisted suicide is a grave sin for both the doctor and patient.

true

True or False? Historically, the Fourth Commandment reminded young children of their responsibility to take care of their aging

parents.

false

The virtues of ____________________ and temperance can help us to lead a ____________________ life and to keep the

Fifth Commandment. Unhealthy eating __________________, tobacco use, alcohol abuse, and the _______________ of both

legal and illegal _______________ are an offense against this Commandment. Eating _________________________ such as

bulimia and anorexia are ____________________ conditions and are not sinful.

Prudence, healthier, patterns, misuse, drugs, disorders, psychological

True or False? Though the use of tobacco products is not objectively sinful, there are numerous health risks in using these

products.

true

True or False? While drinking alcohol is morally neutral, drinking in excess is morally wrong.

true

List St. Thomas Aquinas' three aspects of temperance.

Abstinence- tempering your desires for pleasure producing products, Sobriety- moderating your desire for alcohol, and Chastity- controlling your sex drive in a way that is compatable with your state in life.