Lesson 1: INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN MORALITY Flashcards
derived from the Latin mores meaning “customs,” “habitual ways of doing things.”
Morality
is part of Theology that specifies the moral norms derived from the new being that the Christian needs to follow, with the hope of imitating Jesus’ life to the point of
identifying with Him.
Christian Morality
Augustine also calls “morality” or “ethics” as _________________
“moral philosophy.”
TRUE OR FALSE
happiness is the aim of philosophy
in general.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE
Morality is not concerned with the ideal
FALSE
TRUE OR FALSE
The only purpose of philosophizing is the attainment of happiness.
TRUE
concerned with free human conduct.
Morality
is concerned with what ought to be (norms).
Morality
TRUE OR FALSE
Morality judges right and wrong in the light of what humanity is
TRUE
Jesus’ two greatest commandments:
Love God and Love one another.
The “Golden Rule” of life
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
___________________ entire life was a constant search for
happiness.
Augustine
This are fleeting objects of the present life – purely human
friendship, sexual gratification, material wealth, fame, which St. Augustine’s calls as?
“human vanity”
Augustine pointed God as the highest good
“if we follow
him, we live well and are also happy.”
Augustine described ______________________________________
as that which we seek for its own sake, not as a means to
some other end, and which makes one happy
supreme good (summum bonum)
Is anything contributing to the full actualization of human potential and the proper development of the human person
Good or moral
DIVISION OF ONTIC EVILS:
Physical Evil
Moral Evil
Things that frustrate human life and development, and which everyone would consider to be?
Evil
This fulfillment of perfection
Good
Evil brought about by forces normally beyond human control, e.g. natural disasters, sickness, accident
Physical Evil
Evil brought about by the free, unjustified action of other human beings.
Moral Evil
from the Greek word onta meaning “real”
Ontic
TRUE OR FALSE
Most of the evil in the world is brought on by free, deliberate and
unjustified actions of human beings.
TRUE
voluntary and deliberate involvement in the spread of ontic evil.
Moral Evil
TRUE OR FALSE
Christian Morality is part of Theology that specifies the moral norms
derived from the new being that the Christian needs to follow, with the
hope of imitating Jesus’ life to the point of identifying with Him.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE
“Do good and avoid evil”. does not belong to the basic principles of morality.
FALSE
