Good And Evil

Question 1

Evil

Answer 1

• The absence of good

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

Question 2

Suffering

Answer 2

• Pain or loss which harms human beings

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

Question 3

Privation

Answer 3

• The loss or absence of a quality or something this is normally present
• Evil is a privation of good

Question 4

Goodness

Answer 4

• The quality of being like 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

Conscience

Answer 6

• Human reason making moral decisions

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

Question 7

Natural Law

Answer 7

-The laws of right and wrong are the same for all people, in all places, at all times

Question 8

Incarnation

Answer 8

• “Made flesh”

- The Christian belief that God became man in Jesus