chapter 3 and 10 Flashcards
external freedom
includes freedom from factors outside ourselves that threaten or destroy our power to exercise choice; for example, the freedom from poverty of the freedom from tyranny
internal freedom
includes freedom from interior factors that limit choice
moral principles
fundamental statements about right and wrong
common good
the sum total of social conditions which allow people, wither as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily
complaisance
pleasing others so they can carry out your wishes
detraction
revealing a person’s faults and failings to someone who did not previously know about them and who had no need or right to know about them
envy
sadness over another person’s possessions and the desire to get them for oneself
perjury
false witness under oath
avarice
the passionate desire for riches and the power that comes with them
dissimulation
hiding something by pretense
greed
desire to accumulate unlimited goods
hypocrisy
the false claim or pretense of having admirable principles, beliefs, or feelings
adulation
giving excessive admiration to someone
inadvertence
that is, not paying attention or being distracted while we are acting
duress
our freedom is certainly impeded when someone tries to force us to do something
calumny
lying about others so people will make false judgements about them
flattery
paying someone a compliment to gain a favor
natural law morality
emphasizes the use of reason, the capacity within us that is uniquely human
legalism
refers to emphasizing strict observance of the law
moral minimalism
bare minimum required of us by law
moralism
being overly concerned with making moral judgments or being uncharitable in the judgments one makes
moral laziness
only keeping a law, separate from personal initiative and thoughtfulness
