Chapter Quatro Flashcards
God created the human person as a ______, an individual who can initiate and control his actions.
rational being
is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and to perform deliberate actions anchored to one’s own responsibility.
Freedom
A force for growth
and maturity
in truth and
goodness
Human Freedom
It attains its perfection when
directed toward God, our beatitude
Human Freedom
condition for authentic freedom and a warning against illusionary freedo
Truth
It is not “the right to say and do anything,” but to “do the good”
Authentic Human Freedom
It is our longing to be free from things imposed on us which often results in following selfish inclinations or blind prejudices rather than seeking what is truly good.
Freedom from
It is liberation from everything that opposes our true self-becoming with others in community.
Freedom from
like ignorance, or our disordered passions, fears, personality defects, bad habits, prejudices or psychological disturbances
interior obstacles
such as violent force or even the threat of violence
exterior forces
Sources of impediments to authentic freedom
Biological
Psychological
Social pressures
external defects caused by abusive use of substances like drugs
Biological
interior compulsions, including those originating from the unconscious
Psychological
various economic, political and cultural obstacles which impede the right to freedom
Social pressures
Greatest obstacle to authentic freedom is
Sin
Christian life is a call to what
freedom
The freedom of God’s children is to respond to the Holy Spirit in us and what
to become more and more like Christ.
This freedom to do what God wills is not a what force that burdens, but a liberating experience which St. Paul calls the Law of the Spirit.
coercive
is essentially the power to do good.
Freedom
involves a freedom from everything that opposes our true self-becoming with others in the community…
Authentic freedom
The temptations of Jesus in the desert symbolize the basic make-believe “freedoms”:
- Pleasure for one’s own self
- Prestige and success at any price
- Wealth, power and glory
Freedom of Choice
Ethics Of Doing
Basic Freedom or freedom of self-determination
Ethics Of Being
the quantity of things done
concrete actions
The ethics of doing is expressed in particular what
decisions or choices which concerns concrete, particular actions.
A person’s fundamental option gives direction to a person’s moral activity
Direction of salvation
Direction of damnation
a self-donating life
Direction of salvation
a self-absorbing life
Direction of damnation
Freedom is given to us to achieve what
the fullness of human life.
What are the two aspects of Authentic Freedom
A. Freedom from
B. Freedom for