Good and Evil Flashcards

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Conscience

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Human reason making moral decisions. The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong and God-given compulsion within all human beings to what is right and to avoid what is evil.

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Evil

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The absence of good and the impulse to seek our own desires at the expense of the good of others, which often results in suffering.

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Free will

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

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Goodness

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The quality of being like God; seeking the well-being of others selflessly.

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Incarnation

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Meaning ‘made flesh’. The Christian belief the God became man in the person of Jesus, fully human and fully divine.

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Natural law

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The moral laws of right and wrong which are universal and not dependent on human law. The belief in natural law is the belief that the moral law is discoverable by every human being and is the same for all human beings in all places at all times.

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Privation

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The loss or absence of a quality or something that is normally present. Evil is a privation of good.

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Suffering

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Pain or loss which harms human beings. Some suffering is caused by other human beings(often called ‘moral evil’); some is not (often called ‘natural evil’)

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