Vocab test #1 - Morality

created 09/11/2025, Test on 09/12/2025

Morality

One's personal approach (attitudes and behaviors) toward what is GOOD, RIGHT, TRUE

Moral

Which is GOOD, RIGHT, TRUE.

Good

Worthy of being valued, prized or generally upheld as a virtue

Right

Involves fairness to all involved

True

Whatever respects reality: has foundation in lived experiences and/or data

Immoral

BAD, WRONG, and FALSE

Amoral

Nether GOOD, RIGHT, TRUE or BAD, WRONG, FALSE

Subjective

What an INDIVIDUAL believes to be TRUE: PERSONAL view

Objective

Widely accepted as TRUE: COLLECTIVE VIEW

Integrity

Harmony between THEORY and PRACTICE. Agreement of what is commonly accepted or believed as truly moral

Moral Practice

What an individual actually does (as opposed to thinks) in response to a moral dilemma.

Normative Ethics

What SHOULD BE or OUGHT TO BE GOOD/BAD or RIGHT/WRONG - attempts to develop a set of RULES to GOVERN human conduct - societal "norms"

Consequentialism

the doctrine that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences.

Virtue Ethics

An approach to ethics that develops and emphasizes an individual's character and actions as key elements of ethical thinking

Deontology

duty based ethics: obligation

Divine Command Theory

Purposes and action is morally GOOD only if it is determined as good by GOD. "What is moral is COMMANDED by God"

Moral Theology

Using reason and drawing from religious revelation to determine what is moral.

Apologetics

The ACT of EXPLAINING and/or DEFENDING the Catholic Church through the METHODS of REASON, LOGIC, and/or VALUE.

Natural Law Theory

A philosophy ASSERTING that certain rights are INHERENT by VIRTUE of human nature and endowed by nature; and understood UNIVERSALLY through REASON.

Natural Moral Law

A pillar of the CATHOLIC set of laws, this concept addresses laws that AREN'T written but nevertheless KNOWN by all men and women who have the use of REASON. It uses basic COMMON SENSE, PRUDENCE, and JUSTICE.

Moral Nature

Belief that our Moral Character and decision making is born within us. We being human ... by nature ... act the way we do.

Moral Nature cont.

Moral Character is influenced by our environment: race, gender, economic standing, religion, parents, location.

Moral Outrage

justifiable anger, disgust, or frustration directed toward others who violate ethical value or standards

Moral Hazard

a situation in which one party gets involved in a risky event knowing that they are protected against the risk and the other party will incur the cost.