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Chapter 6 Flashcards

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What is our character?

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It is our moral identity or the net effect of all our moral choices. Good or bad.

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What defines who we are in influences, how we act?

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Our character.

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A person who consistently does what is good is considered what?

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Virtuous.

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What is a virtue?

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It is a firm and habitual disposition to do good.

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What are natural virtues?

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They are those virtues that are acquired through repeated good actions.

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What are supernatural virtues?

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They are those virtues resulting from God acting on our soul in someway.

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What are intellectual virtues?

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They are those virtues that perfect the intellect and its grasp of the truth.

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What are the 5 intellectual virtue?

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  1. Wisdom
  2. Understanding
  3. Science
  4. Art
  5. Prudence.
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What are the moral virtues?

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They are those virtues that regulate our moral life.

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What are the 4 Cardinal virtues?

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  1. Prudence
  2. Temperance
  3. Fortitude 4. Justice
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What are Cardinal virtues?

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They are the 4 principal virtues which all other moral virtues are grouped around.

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Why are they called Cardinal virtues?

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Because (in Latin Cardo means hinge, and) just as a door opens on its hinges are moral life hinges on the Cardinal virtues.

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What does Prudence do?

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It perfects our intellect in it’s use of reason.

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Why does prudence perfect our intellect in its use of reason?

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So that we can discern the true good, in every circumstance, and the right means to achieve it.

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What is reason?

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Reason is the ability to think logically, make judgments, and draw conclusions.

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What is Justice?

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It disposes our will to always give God and our neighbor their due.

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What do we call the specific moral virtue by which we practiced justice toward God?

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It is known as the virtue of religion.

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What is Fortitude?

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It is the Cardinal virtue that regulates the irascible passions of our sense appetite, so that we remain firm and consistent in doing what is right, despite difficulties, hardships, or dangers.

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What are the irascible passions?

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They pertain to what is perceived as a difficult good, or a threatening difficulty, or danger.

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What are 3 passions included in the irascible passions?

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Daring, fear, and anger

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What is the sense appetite?

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Sense appetite refers to the physical drives and tendencies within us that draw us towards what is perceived as desirable, and away from what is perceived as undesirable.

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What is Patience?

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It is the virtue by which a person endures suffering or hardship, without being unreasonably, saddened or agitated.

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What is Perseverance?

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It is the virtue by which person firmly strives for the good, regardless of the obstacles involved, or the time required.

24
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Magnanimity is also known as what?

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“Greatness of soul”

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What is Magnanimity?

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It is the virtue that enables a person to perform heroic acts of virtue.

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What is Meekness?

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It is the virtue by which a person restrain his anger.

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What is Clemency?

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It is the virtue by which a person seeks to moderate the punishment of others so that this punishment remains within the limits of right reason.

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What is Temperance?

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It is the virtue that regulates concupiscible passions of our sense appetite, so that we keep our emotions, desire than attractions within reasonable limits.

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What are the concupiscible passions?

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They pertain to what is perceived as good.

30
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What is a being?

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Anyone or anything that exists.

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What is a person?

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A person is an individual being existing in and of himself who has a rational nature, and thus can know and love God.

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What is a thing?

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It is a being that is not rational, and thus cannot truly know or love God.

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What is Chastity?

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It is the virtue by which a person, regulates, procreative instincts and abilities, according to his state in life.

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What is Humility?

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It is the virtue by which a person moderates his estimation of his own importance, and acknowledges his limitations and imperfections.

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What is Modesty?

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It is the virtue by which a person maintains a proper amount of reserve in his conduct and manner of dressing.

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