Chapter 2/3

Question 1

at the very heart of human person’s place in creation; mistaken as “the freedom to do whatever one wants”

Answer 1

free will

Question 2

any action that results froma deliberate choice between good and evil or between different degrees of goodness

Answer 2

moral act

Question 3

any thoughtless, unpremitted act such as breathing is NOT a ______ ______

Answer 3

moral act

Question 4

List the 3 conditions of a Just Law

Answer 4

1) a just civil law must promote the common good
2) a just civil law must reflect an “equality of proportion”–the burden of the law’s fulfillment has to be shared by ALL members of society
3) must be in agreement w/ moral law ….all just law finds its origins in the mind of God who communicates his divine plan to us….

Question 5

Type of Law: the law that directs the life and worship of the Church

Answer 5

ecclesiastical law

Question 6

Type of Law: through the perfect example of Jesus, we learn to love our neighbor or act as a peacemaker by forgiving those who have wronged us

Answer 6

new law

Question 7

Type of Law: the mind of God by which the world was made and structured

evidence of God’s care & guidance, unchanging and always true, every law derived from God’s eternal plan for all of creation

Answer 7

eternal law

Question 8

Type of Law: the rational creature’s participation in the eternal law

written on the heart of every person, an awareness of right/wrong, universal, sets mankind apart from all creation bc it exercises mind and will, never imposed on us

Answer 8

natural law

Question 9

Type of Law: the law revealed by God, found in the Old Testament & fulfilled in the New Law with the coming of Jesus Christ

Answer 9

revealed law

Question 10

Type of Law: laws enacted by civil gov’t for the common good of a country or sector of society

must reflect natural law by 10 commandments and eternal wisdom of God

Answer 10

civil law