Chapter 5

Question 1

Objective Truth

Answer 1

A truth that corresponds to reality. It exists independent of, and regardless of one’s own thoughts, feelings, preferences, or even knowledge of it.

Question 2

Goods of Utility

Answer 2

Goods that lead us toward some other purpose we wish to attain.

Question 3

Honest Goods

Answer 3

Goods that deserve our love for their own sake and not for the sake of anything else.

Question 4

Tyranny

Answer 4

The rule of an oppressive government or ruler who exercises absolute power over the people.

Question 5

Private Good

Answer 5

Any good that belongs to an individual by right.

Question 6

Public Good

Answer 6

Something that a commonwealth shares responsibility for, such as roads or a park. Public goods are always goods of utility.

Question 7

A Common Good

Answer 7

An end to which authorities should direct society’s members, like justice, peace, and truth. Distinct from the common good. What you want.

Question 8

The Common Good

Answer 8

The sum total of social conditions that allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily. How to get what you want.

Question 9

Prudence

Answer 9

A cardinal virtue that helps us discern what is good and then choose the correct means to accomplish it. It is the “charioteer of the virtues.” It is the right reason in action.

Question 10

U.S.C.C.B. (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)

Answer 10

An assembly of the hierarchy of bishops who jointly exercise pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful of the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Question 11

Pastoral Letter

Answer 11

An official letter from a bishop to the clergy and/or laity of his diocese. Distinct from an Encyclical letter which comes from the Pope.