Exam Review- Terminology Flashcards

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A person who acts freely and knowingly, choosing to do or not to do something, assuming responsibility for actions or omissions

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Agent

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Catechism of the Catholic Church which summarizes the Catholic Churches doctrine

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Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)

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3
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How our actions, overtime, become fixed in our body

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Character

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A sacred promise or agreement between God and humans

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Covenant

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5
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With knowledge, helps to differentiate between right and wrong

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Conscience

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Proposes our ‘duty’ to one another

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Deontological or Deon

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7
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A follower of Jesus

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Disciple

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Conscious structure that meditates the Id and Superego

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Ego

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9
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Pertains to the end/fullfillness of time and strives for the infinite good (Ex: Our actions should be driven by generosity, not guilt)

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Eschatological Ethics

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10
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Does with good character, search for infinite good which gives vision to our actions, comes from human reasoning (Ex: Code of Conduct)

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Ethics

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The direction of your character

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Ethos

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12
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The study of scripture texts in their original context

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Exegesis

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13
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The capacity to act or not to act with the ability to make choices

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Freedom

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14
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A theory where everyone can act by personal choice

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Free Will

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15
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Someone who is not Jewish

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Gentile

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16
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Accounts of life of Jesus based on eyewitnesses, testimony, or what was seen, heard, or believed about Jesus

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Gospel

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17
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A moral emotion that occurs when a person feels as if they had done something wrong

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Guilt

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18
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A matter of being, not of having

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Happiness

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The branch of knowledge that deals with the task of interpretation (in reference to something else)

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Hermenutics

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Unconscious reservoir that seeks pleasure and immediate gratification

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Id

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Motivating principles of human action, or things we tend towards (Ex: Marriage)

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Intelligible Goods

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The Son of God who is believed to be one of the ways God reveals Himself

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Jesus

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A moral rule/principle

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Maxims

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Does with customs, manners, and habits that shape human life, how we translate the infinite good to our actions, attain through rules we feel obligated to obey (Ex: Ten Commandments)

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Morality

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The belief that everything is shaped completely by by physical, physiological, biological, environmental, and social processes

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Naturalism

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The absolute theory that ethics is not rooted in externally imposed laws, but found in human nature during our search for the good

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Natural Law

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The love (Philo) of wisdom (Sophia)

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Philosophy

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A feeling of satisfaction or enjoyment

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Pleasure

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The belief that everything is predetermined by God or other reasons

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Predestination

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A person who speaks the will of God

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Prophet

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God’s influence on actions or events

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Providence

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Concerning the other

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Relational

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Everything is predestined or predetermined, leaving humans with no free-choice

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Religious Determinism

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How God shows or reveals Himself to us

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Revelation

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A worldview that rejects religion and relifious considerations, only accepting critical reason

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Secularism

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Goods that can be experienced througb the 5 senses (Ex: Sounds of waves)

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Sensible Goods

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Our actions and behaviours are determined/a result of our influences on us

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Social Determinism

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Tells us what we should and have to do, makes us feel good when we do what we are told to do, and guilty when we do not listen to authority

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Superego

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Everything has an end or purpose to achieve

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Teleological

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The unity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

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The Trinity

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Immoral or wicked behaviour

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Vices

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Behaviour that portrays high moral standards

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Virtues

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A call from God that can lead to certain actions/outcomes

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Vocation

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The name given to God by Moses that has consequences, holds power, results in a new way of living, and is a source of judgement

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YHWH

45
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A summary of Jesus’ moral teachings centered around love, compassion, and self-lessness

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Sermon on the Mount