Being Human Flashcards
How are Humans made?
In God’s Image
What do humans have the freedom to do?
To choose or not to choose God
How are acts Directed
Good acts are directed towards God while evil acts are directed away from God
How do you discern right from wrong?
Human Reason: Your ability to think
Human Experince: The collective experince of everyone
Divine Revalation: The teachings of God
What does Morality Hinge on?
The correct understanding of the human person
What 3 things did Jesus tell the rich young man?
1) : Only God is good
2) : Follow the commandments
3) : Give your possessions away to the poor
Though we are in God’s image, we are not God. What is the difference between God and a human?
God is: -Pure Spirit -Supreme with no equal -Immortal While humans -Have physical bodies -Have limitation -Are equal to eachother
What are the God like qualities we are endowed to?
To think
To choose
To love
To relate
What is St. Thomas Aquinas’s definition of love?
Love is to will the Good of the other
Where does dignity come from?
God
What is human life?
Sacred and every person is precious
What are our obligations as humans?
To care for God’s creations
To understand we have a mortal body and an immortal soul
We are meant to reflect God’s goodness
Who is our guide to living a moral life?
Jesus
What is dignity?
The respect owed to every becuase we are all made in Gods image
Is dignity earned?
No
The dignity of the human person is Inherited, Inviable, and Inalienable, what does this mean?
Inherent: Inborn and an essential characteristic
Inviolable: Unable to be violated
Inalienable: Cannot be taken away
What is the foundation of living a moral life?
Dignity
What is free will?
“The power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to preform deliberate actions on ones own responsibility”(CCC 1731).
What is a virtue
A good habbit that will lead to good morals
What is a Vice?
A bad habit that leads to sin
What is a vice?
A bad habit that leads to sin
What are the 7 deadly Vices?
Arrogance: Thinking you are better than others and even god, the root of other sin.
Greed: Placing too much importance on material things
Anger: acting with hostility
Sloth: denying gods will for the sake of being lazy
Gluttnoy: Consuming unhealthy amounts of anything
Envy: wanting what others have
Lust: treating others as sexual objects
What are the Theologic virtues
Faith: Belif and Trust in God
Hope: Trust in gods salvation
Charity: Love of God and the neighbor
What are the cardnial virtues
Prudence: The moral virtue that inclines you to choose good
Justice: Virtue that states all people have rights
Fortitude: Courage
Temperence: Self control
What are the cardnial virtues
Prudence: The moral virtue that inclines you to choose good
Justice: Virtue that states all people have rights
Fortitude: Courage
Temperence: Self control
What are the virtues that are the opposite of the 7 deadly sins
Humility - Pride Greed - Genorosity Anger - Meekness Sloth - Dillagence Gluttony - Temperence Envy - Kindness Lust - Chasity
