Ch 18 vocab Flashcards
Communative justice
Regulates exchanges between persons and between institutions in accordance with a strict respect for their rights, i.e. fulfilling contracts
Cardinal virtues
Four pivotal human virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. The human virtues are stable dispositions of the intellect and will that govern our acts, order conduct in accordance with reason and faith
Distributive justice
Regulates what the community owes its citizens in proportion to their contributions and needs
Fortitude
One of the 4 cardinal virtues which ensures firmness in difficulties and consistency in doing the good
General justice
Steadfastly willing what is right with regards to society or the common good
Insensibility
Purposeful deprivation of physical feeling or sensation
Intemperance
Lack of moderation or restraint; excess in any kind of action; excessive indulgence of any passion or appetite
Justice
The cardinal virtue which consists in the constant no firm will to give their due to God and to neighbor
Moderation
The cardinal moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasure and provides balance in the use of created goods. It ensues the mastery of the will over instinct, and keeps natural desires within proper limits
Morality
The goodness or evil of human acts. The morality of human acts depends on the object (or nature) of the action, the intention or end foreseen, and circumstances in which it takes place
Prudence
The virtue which disposes a person to discern the good and choose the correct means to accomplish it. One of the cardinal moral virtues that dispose the Christian to live according to the law of Chris
Restitution
The return of what has been unjustly taken from another
Temperance
The cardinal moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasure and provides balance in the use of created goods. It ensues the mastery of the will over instinct, and keeps natural desires within proper limits.
Virtue
A habitual and firm disposition to do good
