Exam Flashcards

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Magisterium

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the official teaching office of the Church

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eschatological ethics

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based on beliefs about the end of times
focuses on living in preparation for God’s kingdom
encourages hop faith and love
emphasizes moral actions in light of final judgment
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3
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Parousia

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second coming of Christ,getting ready for when christ comes back

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Interiority

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aligns w intentions of god kingdoms

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5
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Conversion

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change of heart and turning towards god, Saul to St. Paul

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Love

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selfless care for others, modeled after God’s love

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ethics

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is the major principle that governs a person’s behavior or the conduct of an activity

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Morals

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the principle concerning the distinction between right and wrong

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9
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Aristotle

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Teleological ethics (purpose driven)

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Kant

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Deontological ethics (duty driven)

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Levinas

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an ethics of face

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Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean

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happiness and virtue, moral virtue is found in the balanced midpoint

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Determinism

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The view that our behaviour is predetermined by other causes

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14
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conscience

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a voice that calls us “to love and to do what is good and to avoid evil

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Superego

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The commands of the superego are fear-driven and come from other people (ie. external).

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16
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Three senses of Conscience

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as a capacity or the ability to recognize right from wrong
as an active process of moral reasoning
as a judgment

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Principle of Double Effect

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situations where an action may have both positive (intended) and negative effects (unintended

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Intelligible Goods

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things we pursue that are known through our intellect, such as truth, friendships, life

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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God is ultimate good, blessedness found in a loving vision of God

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Sensible Goods

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things we pursue that is desired by what we now through sensation (sense, smell, taste, sound → basically our senses)

21
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seven basic human intelligible goods

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motivating principles of everything we do and known through intellect, not senses

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Prudence

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(vice: folly)The ability to reason well in moral-decision making.

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Temperance

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(vice: gluttony)The ability to remain moderate in the exercise of emotions.

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Fortitude

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(vice: fear)The ability to remain courageous in the face of life’s difficulties.

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Justice

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(vice: injustice)
The ability to act well in relation to others.

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moral absolutism

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no room for argument. what is wrong is wrong doesn’t matter the circumstance

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moral relativism

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circumstantial. some moral decisions are debatable depending on intention

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human rights

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one is entitles by virtue of being created in the image of god

29
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legal rights

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given to people by the government