good and evil Flashcards
conscience
human reasons making moral decisions.the knowledge we have of what is right and what is wrong
evil
the absence of good and the impulse to seek our own desires .the expense of good which others often ends in suffering .
free will
the decision making part of a persons mind is called the will .also is where a person is able to choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces.
goodness
the quality of being like god .seeking the well-being of others selflessly .
suffering
pain or loss which harms human beings .
some suffering is caused by other human beings (moral evil);some is not (natural evil)
privation
the loss or absence of a quality or something that is normally presented .evil is a privation of good
incarnation
meaning ‘made flesh ‘ .The christian belief that god became man in person of Jesus fully human and fully divine .
natural law
the moral laws or right and wrong which are universal and not dependent on human laws .the belief that the moral law is discover able by every human being and is the same for all human beings in all places at all times