Ethics ch2 test Flashcards
What is Thomas Aquinas the patron saint of?
Patron Saint of Universities
What are the 4 characteristics of a law
Common Good
Ordinance of Reason
Care of the Community
Premulgated
How should a law be administered?
as an equal burden;
it shouldn’t favor one person over another
The person writing the law must put it into place
Give 3 examples of Aquinas’s natural law
Do good, and Avoid evil
Natural Law gives Harmony
Based on Reason and Free-Will
What is the first natural law?
do good, avoid evil
what virtue affects free-will?
Justice, Temperance, fortitude
which virtue affects reason?
prudence
What are the three main points of a moral act?
the object
the intention
the circumstance
What is a genereal act+example
an act we just do
an example is breathing
what is a moral act?
freely chooen act that comes through exercise of reason and free-will
What is the object?
The action freely chosen by the will
What is the intention?
The choice of the will to do something
What is the circumstance?
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
True/ False drinking of water is an object
true
What is remote furthur end
my reason for chosing to act or think in a certain way
True/False: For an act to be good all parts have to be good
True
What is God’s law equal to?
Eternal Law
What does ccc stand for?
Catechism of the Catholic Church
What are the three dimensions of moral conscience?
1) Syndersis: capacity within us to do good and avoid evil
2) Moral Science: the process of discovering the particular good that ought to be done or the evil to be avoided
3) Judgement: the specific judgement of the good that one must do in a particular situation.
What kinds of things are intrinsically evil?
adultery, and genocide
What effects our morals?
Media, Money, relationships
Magesterium is what
pope in colaboration with the Bishop
what is antecedent ignorance
not responsible for an action because you have no knowledge on the topic
What is consequencial ignorance?
operating out of ignorance; when a person chooses to remain ignorant
Where do we get our knowledge?
Scripture and Tradition
What type of ignorance is excused from moral responsibility / sin?
Antecedent ignorance
