Good and evil

Question 1

Key concept : incarnation

Answer 1

1. Made flesh
2. The christian belief that God became man through Jesus

Question 2

Key concept : Evil

Answer 2

1. The absence of good
2. This is at the expense of the good of others which often results in suffering

Question 3

Key concept : Privation

Answer 3

1. The loss of something that is normally there
2. st Augustine said that evil is a privation of good

Question 4

Key concept : suffering

Answer 4

1. pain or loss which harms human beings
2. some suffering arevcaused by others human beings while others are not

Question 5

Key concept : Goodness

Answer 5

1. The quality of being like God
2. Seeking the well-being of others selflessly

Question 6

Key concept : free-will

Answer 6

1. The decision making part of a persons mind
2. Free will is when a person is able to choose what is right from what is wrong without being controlled by other forces.

Question 7

Key concept : natural law

Answer 7

1. The laws of rights and wrongs are the same for all people, in all places at all times
2. every human can discover the natural law

Question 8

Key concept : conscience

Answer 8

1. human reason making moral laws
2. The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong given by God