First Shifting Examinations Flashcards
concerned with βHow to go about life?β and βWhat it means to live well in a world and to be just or fair in oneβs personal and professional life?β
Christian Ethics
a science of morality of human acts
Christian Ethics
a systematic body of knowledge meant to guide men in the pursuit of good and happy life
Science
quality of goodness and badness of human acts
Morality
foundation of every human society
Morality
indispensable knowledge
Morality
determines morality through the use of reasons aided by Godβs revelations
Moral Theology
considers divinely-revealed truths and divine laws
Moral Theology
morality based on reasons alone
Moral Philosophy
examples of Moral Philosophy
Hedunism,
Utilitarianism,
Subjectivism,
Proportionism
moral trends in the society
Regress in human life,
Loss of sense of sin,
Ethical relevance
etymology of Theology
theos - God,
logos - study, word, discourse
God revealed himself in the ___ and ___
sacred scriptures, sacred tradition
teaching authority of the church
Magisterium
encyclic that re-affirms the usage of artificial methods or contraceptions
Humanae Vitae
Humanae Vitae is written by
Pope Paul VI
gathering of the leaders of the church
Vatican II
church document revolving around the church
Lumen Gentium
church document focused on liturgy
Sacrosanctum Concilium
the study of rightness and wrongness of human acts
Moral Theology
part of theology guided by revelation that studies human acts as the road to manβs supernatural end
Moral Theology
part of theology that searches for the norms of free human conduct in the light of revelation
Moral Theology
science of what man ought to be by reason of what he is
Morality is a science.
Morality is concerned with what man ought to be.
Morality judges.
study of manβs journey to God as He is the image of God
St. Thomas on Moral Theology
etymology of Philosophy
Philos - love,
Socia - wisdom
Greek word of Ethics
Ethos
Greek equivalent of Ethics means
customs
Latin word of Ethics
Mores
Latin equivalent of Ethics means
morality
may be changing or unchanging
customs
ethical systems
good life,
meaningful life,
happy life
different criteria in ethical systems
Emotive,
Intuitive,
Extrinsic,
Intrinsic
deals with emotions or feelings; choices and decisions are made and based from emotions
Emotive
deals with instincts; one is able to identify the morality by himself
Intuitive
deals with external factors; something outside the body; influenced by non-self
Extrinsic
nature of the act itself; the action-consequence
Intrinsic
morality based on the lieu of the existence of a Greater Being
Theonomous Ethics
morality becomes societal; beliefs including absence of a Greater Being
Atheistic Ethics
philosopher who believes that morality needs someone to know thyself
Socrates
genius philosopher who is also an idealist
Plato
a realist philosopher
Aristotle
βAn unreflected life is not worth living.β
Socrates
believes morality needs reflection or self-examination of oneself
Aristotle
believes the road to moral excellence is through self-knowledge
Plato
believes moral excellence involves examination of conscience
Plato
an ideal or perfect state; paradise
utopia
two worlds according to Plato
ideas,
senses
the world which is of reality, perfection and infinity according to Plato
world of ideas
the world which is not real, imperfect and finite according to Plato
world of senses
Platoβs idea of how people go back to the world of ideas
detachment from sensual pleasures
example of ways of detaching oneself from sensual pleasures
meditation (as exhibited by Monks)
believes the acts of potentiality
Aristotle
three natures present in man according to Aristotle
Vegetative nature,
Animal nature,
Rational nature
nature present in man that emphasizes physical well-being
Vegetative nature
nature present in man that emphasizes man as someone who is of sexual instincts
Animal nature