ETHICS VS RELIGION

Question 1

grounds itself on reason, and the wisdom of human experience

Answer 1

Ethics

Question 2

as a philosophical discipline solely relies on natural reason, logic and experience, especially in the justification and validation of certain theories and principles concerning good and bad.

Answer 2

Ethics

Question 3

relies primarily and mainly on supernatural reason, that is-divine revelation or divine authority.

Answer 3

Religion

Question 4

grounds itself on religious teachings, the holy book and sacred writings.

Answer 4

Religion

Question 5

is an integrated pattern of human knowledge, beliefs and behaviors. It is people’s way of life.

Answer 5

Culture

Question 6

Culture consists of

Answer 6

material and non-material culture.

Question 7

Physical objects that society produces such as tools or works of art

Answer 7

Material Culture

Question 8

Non-Material Culture

Answer 8

Language
Rituals
Values
Rules
Knowledge
Meanings

Question 9

Culture is not inherited. It is acquired through

Answer 9

enculturation, inculturation and acculturation

Question 10

The process of learning the components of life – material and non-material in one’s culture.

Answer 10

Enculturation

Question 11

Making the Gospel take roots in a culture and transforming the culture to Christianity

Answer 11

Inculturation

Question 12

A process where people learn and adopt a new culture

Answer 12

Acculturation

Question 13

__________ affects human behavior. Not all cultural practices are morally acceptable.

____________ also affects the way we evaluate and judge things/people.

Answer 13

Culture

Question 14

According to the French philosopher _____________, “everything has been figured out, except how to live.”

Answer 14

Jean Paul Sartre

Question 15

For______________, the concept of human dignity was associated with freedom and human abilities. It concerns the freewill of the human being which empowers him to make decisions. Because humans are free beings, violating this capacity for free decision-making violates human dignity

Answer 15

Aristotle and the Stoics; Ancient Period

Question 16

the dignity of the human person was associated with the notion of being God’s creature. Since God as a Being is a Person, one who is most fully in being, the human being as a creature of God manifests this personhood.

Answer 16

Medieval Period

Question 17

The concept of human dignity became associated with human rights. To be human means to possess certain rights and to violate these rights means to violate the very dignity of the person. A human right implies an entitlement, which suggests that one can pursue a moral claim on something.

Answer 17

Modern Period

Question 18

“The experience of morality is part of every person’s life.”

Answer 18

Michael Moga, 1993

Question 19

morality is understood as occupying just one area among the many diverse areas in human life.

Answer 19

Morality Position 1st Position

Question 20

simply confined to a specific and limited area in human existence. Hence the rest of the other areas in human experience are not subject to ethics and morality.

Answer 20

1st Position

Question 21

is quite the opposite of the first. This claims that practically all of human life is under the domain of morality. That morality is ever present and is necessary for man to be truly human.

Answer 21

2nd Position

Question 22

contends that if we are to be fully human, we must somehow manage to maintain a sort of balance in all of these areas of our lives without neglecting any. We have to avoid to simply focus in one area and fail to give justice to the others.

Answer 22

Moga