Good&Evil Key Terms

Question 1

Good

Answer 1

• What is morally right
• What enables humans to flourish in accordance with God’s will
• What helps others

Question 2

Evil

Answer 2

• What is morally wrong
• What causes suffering
• What prevents humans from flourishing in accordance with God’s will

Question 3

The Devil (Satan)

Answer 3

• Symbol of evil in the Christian Tradition
• Fallen angel (Lucifer)
• Enemy of God

Question 4

Free Will

Answer 4

• The ability to make moral choices

- Given to humans by God according to Christians

Question 5

The Fall

Answer 5

• The name given to the account of Adam and Eve’s sin and its consequences

Question 6

Original Sin

Answer 6

• The mistake (sin) made by Adam and Eve the first brings evil and suffering into creation

Question 7

Redemption

Answer 7

• The forgiveness of sin offered to all humans by Jesus

- The promise of reconciliation with God

Question 8

Natural Evil

Answer 8

• Suffering resulting from natural events

- Tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.

Question 9

Moral Evil

Answer 9

• Suffering resulting from human actions

- Bullying, Murder, etc.

Question 10

Theodicy

Answer 10

• Religious attempts to answer the problem of evil

Question 11

Suffering

Answer 11

• The experience of pain and distress (physical or psychological)

Question 12

Conscience

Answer 12

• The ‘internal’ voice helping us decide between right and wrong
• God-given according to Christians
• The source of our feeling of guilt

Question 13

Humanism

Answer 13

• The belief that humans, not God, determine what is right and wrong (a secular view)