morality midterm

Amoral

No sense of right or wrong

Immoral

Decisions that harm development of genuine humanity

Morality

Decisions that promote development of our genuine humanity

Objective approach to morality

We discover morality through human reason

Subjective approach to morality

We create morality

Consumerism

Pursuing materialistic things over God - won't buy you happiness

Empathy

Understanding the situation of another person as if they were your own

Happiness (Christian view)

God is the center of our true happiness

Secularism

Denies that God is not the center of life

Ring of Gyges

One of Plato's works that teaches the inherent selfishness of humans

Morality as a reality

Views on moral issues must be based on truth of the situation

Morality as an art

Creativity

Morality as a science

Critical Thinking

Pascal's quote

There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every person which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God the creator made known through Jesus Christ.

Pope Benedict on consumerism

Warned that the violence of consumerism affects the dignity of a human person

Irenaeus' quote

The glory of God is the human person fully living; moreover, human life is the vision of God.

Beatitudes

Originally from Jesus; found in the gospels of Matthew and Luke

Jesus' teachings on divorce

No divorce; marrying someone of divorce is committing adultery

Virginal conception

Jesus is conceived without a human father

Jesus' central message

Love God with your whole heart, soul, and mind; Love your neighbor as yourself

Minimalism

Living with little things

Atonement

Way describing significance of Jesus' death makes us 'at-one' with God

Hard sayings of Jesus

Overturn conventional values and are hard to put into practice

The Golden Rule

Treat people how you want to be treated

Agape

LOVE

Kenosis

SELF-EMPTYING

Natural Law (NL)

Way humans participate in eternal law through reason/conscience

Civil Law

Right reason for common good; state minimum you MUST DO

Erroneous conscience

A conscience that sincerely tries to do the right thing, but makes mistakes

Lax conscience

Lazy conscience; underused conscience

The Examen

A spiritual discipline for tuning in to ourselves, becoming aware of our bad & good judgments

Sin of omission

Failing to do the good we have a duty to perform

Venial sin

Harms but doesn't break relationship with God

Mortal sin

Breaks relationship with God; requires grave matter, sufficient reflection, and full consent of the will