Good and Evil

Question 1

suffering

Answer 1

• pain or loss which harms human beings

- some suffering is caused by human beings ( moral evil) some is not ( natural evil)

Question 2

privation

Answer 2

• the loss of a quality or something that is usually present

- evil is a privation of Good

Question 3

evil

Answer 3

• the absence of good

- this is at the expense of the good of others which often results in suffering

Question 4

goodness

Answer 4

• the quality of being likes God

- seeking the well-being of others selflessly

Question 5

free-will

Answer 5

• the decision-making part of a person’s mind is called the will
• a will is free if a person is able to choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces

Question 6

concience

Answer 6

• human reasoning for making moral decisions

- the knowledge we have of what is right and wrong given by God

Question 7

natural law

Answer 7

• the laws for what is right and wrong is the same for all people, in all places, at all times
• every human can discover natural law

Question 8

incarnation

Answer 8

• “made flesh”

- the Christan belief that god became man in Jesus