Human Love Flashcards

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Capacity to know

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Intellect

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T or F. What is beautiful always starts with the senses.

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True

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Example of intellect

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knowing that jumping from the top of a building will lead to death

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Seeks the good as perceived by the intellect

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Will

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Example of Will

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Jumping from the top of a building

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Object of the will

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Good

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Object of the intellect

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truth

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According to _________, love is not primarily the product of the heart

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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Why is the heart associated with love?

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It is the most conspicuous part when we feel love as an emotion (heart beats faster)

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Loving is always a choice

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True

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10
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Love is a feeling or activation

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False

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11
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Can a robot love a person?

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No. Because it does not have the capacity u sto unlove the person. It is just programmed to “love” the person by saying I love you

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Is time a necessary element of love?

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Not really. If God is beyond time, then he can love without time. It only becomes necessary for the transition from the senses to the intellect.

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Why do man need time to truly love a person?

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Because you cannot love a person if you are totally devoid of knowledge about him. As time passes by, you recognize the good qualities of that person as well as the bad ones.

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Why do you still love the person even if he has so many bad qualities?

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Because there is this one greatest quality of him that in comparison with the bad ones, they would all seem unimportant.

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15
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Love can be both sensitive and intellective aspect.

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True

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16
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Love according to St. Thomas

A

Complacency of good

Satisfaction of a good

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17
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Inclination to good + our bodily reactions

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Emotions or passions

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Why do we have emotions or passions?

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Because of the human’s sensitive aspect.

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19
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Examples of passions

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Joy, anger, fear, hope, sadness, courage

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20
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All passions can be reduced to love

A

St. Thomas Aquinas

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21
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Corruption of chastity

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Lust

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22
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Inclination to do evil to an enemy

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Anger

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23
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Is anger good in itself?

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Yes because we are sensitive beings, emotions are natural

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24
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When does anger (an emotion) become evil?

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When it is an ACT or EXPRESSION. Ex. when you slap a person out of anger or resentment.

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25
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Is sexual urge evil?

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No because it is simply a passion.

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26
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When does sexual urge become evil?

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When it is an EXPRESSION. Ex. in your mind the sexy woman is being raped, etc.

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27
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Power of choosing between goods proposed as desirable by a mutable judgment

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Free Will or Liberty

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28
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Kind of Liberty
Man is not free
When the object can be loved or hated

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Freedom of Specification or Freedom of Choice

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Kind of Liberty
Choosing good under choices
Can at will act or not act, perform an act or omit an action

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Freedom of exercise

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30
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Etymology of love

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From Germanic form s of the Sanskrit LUBH

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31
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LUBH means

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desire

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32
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Chemicals released by animals that could alter behavior of another animal usually sexual behavior
Receptors are found in nose, scalp (girls), sweat (men)

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Pheromones

33
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Why are we not easily attracted to men who sweat?

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Because we are not limited to the sensitive aspect. We rationalize, we justify.

34
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Greek Notions of Love, Platonic Perspective

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Eros, Philia, Agape

35
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Greek Notions of Love

Intense or passionate desire directed to the body

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Eros

36
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Goal of eros

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desire for immortality through the children

37
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Greek Notions of Love
Desire for spiritual qualities
Friendship
Love of mother to daughter

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Philia

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Greek Notions of Love
Unconditional love
Developed when Christianity entered
Directed to the absolute being

A

Agape

39
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Triarchic Theory of Love is According to

A

Robert Sternberg

40
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Eros Triarchic Theory of Love

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Passion

41
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Philia Triarchic Theory of Love

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Intimacy

42
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Agape - Triarchic Theory of Love

Desire to continue the relationship

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Commitment

43
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg

Passion only

A

Infatuation

44
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg

Intimacy only

A

Friendship

45
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg

Commitment only

A

EMpty Love

46
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg

P + I

A

Romantic Love (Love of Celebrities)

47
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg

I+ C

A

Companionate Love

Lolo and Lola

48
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg
P + C
Always fighting and ends up in bed

A

Foolish or Fatuous Love

Mr and Mrs Smith

49
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Kind of Love according to Sternberg

P + I + C

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Consummate Love

50
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Will love remain to be consummate love?

A

No. It can go back to be companionate, foolish, etc

51
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May 18, 1920
Wadowice, Poland
Love and Responsibility, Analysis of Love

A

Karol Wojtyla

52
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Who influenced Wojtyla?

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Thomas Aquinas and Max Scheler

53
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Metaphysical analysis of love is according to

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JP II

54
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What is love according to Wojtyla

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a mutual relationship between two persons

55
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Why can only persons love?

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Because they have intellect and will

56
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Why is love based on attitudes towards the good

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Because the object of the will is good

57
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5 Levels of Love according to Wojtyla
attraction it the essence of love
not limited to inherent values
PERSON as value
attracted to the person himself
A

Amor Complacentiae

Love as Attraction

58
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5 Levels of Love according to Wojtyla
originates in a need of a good which it lacks
not mere sensual desire
longing for the person
sexual urge is oriented in part to this completion

A

Love as desire

Amore concupiscentia

59
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Basic element in human love

A

attraction

60
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if you love the person because he’s rich or handsome, is it attraction

A

No!

61
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5 Levels of Love according to Wojtyla
Directed to genuine good to the person
you would not do anything that would harm the person
free of self-interest
more unconditional than love as desire
A

Love as goodwill

amor benevolentiae

62
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5 Levels of Love according to Wojtyla
Goodwill + sympathy
not philia
emotional kind of love whereby one feels with another
knowing each other well
full commitment of the will to another person with a view of the person;s good

A

Love as Friendship

63
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5 Levels of Love according to Wojtyla
You will now surrender your being or person to the beloved
deeper than friendship
giving one’s person to another not merely sexual
no longer two but one

A

Betrothed Love

64
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full communion of persons (communion personarum)

A

Betrothed Love

65
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full surrendering of the self without losing possession of the self

A

Betrothed Love

66
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Result of Betrothed Love

A

Marriage

67
Q

response to sexual values of the body as a potential object of enjoyment

A

sensuality

68
Q

has a consumer orientation towards the body

A

sensuality

69
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Is sensuality evil?

A

No. It is a matter of natural reflexes. Though not evil, poses a threat and temptation

70
Q

Kind of desire for nearness, proximity, exclusivity, or intimacy

A

Sentiment

71
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Gives rise to romantic love

A

Sentiment

72
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Why be careful with sentiment if making out is not evil?

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Because it can easily shift into the territory of sensuality

73
Q

Do not belong to the very essence of love

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Sensuality & Sentiment

74
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Spices of love

A

Sensuality & Sentiment

75
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Raw materials of love

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Sensuality & Sentiment

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Must be true interpersonal love in the light of truth and free choice

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Sensuality & Sentiment

77
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Must be founded on true love

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Sensuality & Sentiment

78
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Incomplete without ethical aspect
Considered as virtue
Affirm the value of the person

A

Personality Norm

79
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Love must direct itself through

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free choice