Foundations of Morality Flashcards
What is NOT Morality?
Knowledge, personal preferences, social mores and secular laws
What is Morality?
Everything relating to a man’s free actions and the final end to be attained through them
How do we know what morality includes?
The same divine revelation
Is every act a person does moral/immoral?
No, some things we do are outside of our intention
What are the acts of man?
The things we do that do not engage our powers of intellect or will (breathing, heart beating)
What does morality include?
The supernatural end, the rule of the normal order human actions
What are human acts?
Acts that man deliberately chooses to do they have moral dimension to them .
What can any given intentional act be?
good, bad, or sometimes neutral
What is one way we can be immoral?
Our failure to act when we ought to
When is a human act morally good?
When it serves the purpose of helping man attain his last end (God) - these acts must glorify God
What is an immoral human act?
A human act is morally bad when it is out of harmony with the purpose of a man’s glorifying and attaining communion with God.
What does immoral act prevent us from doing?
Experiencing the supernatural happiness God has for us
What are some examples of immoral human acts?
Willful murder, blasphemy, assault, failure to act when you should (omission)
When is a human act morally neutral?
When it neither furthers nor disrupts man’s goal of attaining communion with and glorifying God
When is an act no longer morally neutral?
Once will is used