Morality and Moral Theology terms pt 1- Hebert

Amorality

Outside the sphere of moral sense; attitudes or orientations not characterized as either good or evil

Conscience

A practical judgment of reason made by the intellect regarding the good or evil of a particular act in light of objective moral standards.

Conscientious Objection

A personal appeal that to carry out a particular action that has been ordered by legitimate authority would be against one's own conscience.

Culpable

Being guilty or deserving punishment for participation in sin.

Deliberation

The premeditation or forethought that weighs one's options before making a moral act.

Duress

Being put under force.

Doubtful Conscience

Judgment of conscience that occurs when there is doubt/question about the good or evil of an act done or omitted.

Freedom of Indifference

The power to choose between contraries, usually between good and evil.

Full Knowledge

The clear and deliberate knowledge of the merit or sinfulness of an action. It is required as a condition before a person can be guilty of sin.

Human Act

An act that is performed with both knowledge and free will. Human acts, depending upon the degree of knowledge and freedom involved in their commission, are either morally good or morally evil.

Ignorance

The lack of knowledge.

Indirect Responsibility

The attribution of a secondary effect that follows as a natural result from the primary effect.

Inordinate Attachment

Desire for something that goes beyond reason.

Invincible ignorance

Ignorance that cannot be overcome by ordinary diligence. The guilt of a sin committed under invincible ignorance is not attributed to the sinner. This ignorance can be a lack of knowledge, either of fact or of law, scarcity (lack) of evidence, insufficient time or talent in the person, or some other factor.

Moral Act

Any human act that has a moral content and involves deliberation and choice.

Moral Theology

A science that accepts and examines Divine Revelation as it responds to the demands of human reason.