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PHL 5: Christian Ethics > Finals: Quiz#1 > Flashcards

Finals: Quiz#1 Flashcards

1
Q

It is a decree or ordinance of reason directed towards the common good promulgated by competent authority.

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Law

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2
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It must always the end (final cause/intention) of a law.

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Common Good

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3
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It is also known as the law of nature.

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Eternal Law

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4
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The author of the law of nature

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God

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5
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It is also known as the moral law.

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Natural Law

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6
Q

The basic precept of Moral Law

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“Do Good, Avoid Evil”

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7
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It contains regulations promulgated by legitimate human authority.

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Human Law

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8
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It spells out obligations of natural law in order to clarify them.

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Divine Law

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9
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In practical doubt regarding the lawfulness of an action, one may never act.

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Reflex Principle

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10
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The concern of this moral principle is indirect voluntary act.

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Principle of Double Effect

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11
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Humans are the caretakers of Creation.

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Principle of Stewardship

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12
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The perfection of an individual is dependent to its parts. At the same time, parts receive their own perfection as parts in the whole.

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Principle of Totality

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13
Q

A medical process of removing a part or parts of the integral whole of the human body.

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Mutilation

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14
Q

This moral principle echoes the fundamental moral principle “Love toward oneself.”

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Principle of Legitimate Defense

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15
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It has the purpose of restoring the damage done by the aggressor.

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Punishment

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16
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True or False:
Man naturally knows, by the light of his understanding, what is evil and things which are good because of his/her Reason.

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True

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17
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True or False:
According to the principle of double effect in order for the case to be qualified the two effects must happen simultaneously.

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True

18
Q

True or False:
In practical doubt regarding the lawfulness of an action, one may suspend the action but in suspending the act, one is ought to inform well the conscience regarding the matter.

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True

19
Q

True or False:

According to the Double Effect’s fourth principle, one’s life can be sacrificed for the sake of five individuals.

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False

20
Q

True or False:

To deliberately kill someone is ethical as long as it is for self-defense.

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False

21
Q

True or False:
If the object or intention is evil one must base the morality of the action from its circumstance. This, however, only lessens the culpability of the agent.

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True

22
Q

True or False:

To be a steward of creation, one may take the responsibility of developing everything that he/she has.

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True

23
Q

True or False:
The government has the obligation to inform the public regarding the newly promulgated law. But if a citizen is ignorant about the law, even after its publication, he is not obliged because according to the reflex principle: A dubious law does not oblige.

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False

24
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True or False:
Cosmetic surgery (e.g. breast enlargement), according to the Principle of Totality, is morally justified because it does not take away a part of the whole but rather it adds something to the integral whole.
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False

25
Q

True or False:

The police have the duty to favour the accused criminal over the victim.

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True

26
Q

True or False:

The concepts of part and whole are correlative but can be independent apart from each other.

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False

27
Q

True or False:

Mutilation is justified for the well-being of the individual.

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True

28
Q

True or False:

A gift is not a personal property according to the Principle of Stewardship.

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True

29
Q

True or False:

Human law has the primary purpose of establishing the objective good.

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True

30
Q

True or False:

The divine law exists because it has to educate the conscience.

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True

31
Q

Cultivate God’s gift responsibly.

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principle of stewardship

32
Q

On the care for our common home

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principle of stewardship

33
Q

Body organ donation

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principle of totatlity

34
Q

A dubious law does not oblige.

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Reflex principle

35
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We stand where presumption stands.

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Reflex principle

36
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The importance of a part is dependent to the integral whole.

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principle of totatlity

37
Q

Someone accidentally hurt someone by his instinct of preserving his safety

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principle of legitimate defense

38
Q

Someone saved five individual by sacrificing one’s life. This is immoral according to this principle.

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principle of double effect

39
Q

The good effect and not the evil effect is intended.

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principle of double effect

40
Q

Punishment for those who violated the law.

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principle of legitimate defense

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