Midterm Vocab

Question 1

natural law

Answer 1

rational humans living of the eternal law. we are truly free when we recognize we are creatures.

Question 2

quasi participativus

Answer 2

participate in natural law by being one of God’s creatures

Question 3

exitus redditus

Answer 3

everything that comes from God is destined to go back to Him

Question 4

Image of God

Answer 4

male and female together. FPS

1. free will.
2. procreation
3. stewardship over creation

Question 5

John Cardinal Henry Newman

Answer 5

wealth and fame does not give you happiness

Question 6

Pier Georgo Frassati

Answer 6

man of beatitudes, happy in the midst of having polio

Question 7

human freedom

Answer 7

humans are free within the limits of time and space

Question 8

freedom

Answer 8

the power rooted in reason and the will to act or not to act and so to perform deliberate actions on ones own responsibility

Question 9

How is human freedom limited by the first sin?

Answer 9

1. darkening of the intellect
2. weakening of the will
3. disordering of the passions

Question 10

necessities for a moral act

Answer 10

reason, will, freedom

Question 11

sources of morality

Answer 11

object, intentions, circumstances

Question 12

intention

Answer 12

choice of the will

Question 13

reason

Answer 13

further intention or end

Question 14

circumstances

Answer 14

can change intentional act, who what why how where how many how much

Question 15

praeter intentionum

Answer 15

outside of the intentions

Question 16

universal principle

Answer 16

thou shall not kill innocent humans

Question 17

particulars

Answer 17

different cases

Question 18

singular

Answer 18

individual characteristics or circumstances of different cases

Question 19

per accidens

Answer 19

a moral act that you intend and that consequence of that is accidental

Question 20

proportionality

Answer 20

in double effect, good effect must be really good to allow for the bad effect to happen
in self defense, can only use amount of force necessary to stop unjust aggressor

Question 21

double effect qualifications

Answer 21

1. act must be morally good
2. person can’t will the bad effect, but can permit it
3. good effect must be immediately produced by the bad action
4. good effect must be really desirable to compensate for bad

Question 22

intentionalism

Answer 22

Germain Grisez, change wording to make act moral, acting persons perspective, only works if there is congruency between facts and what is said

Question 23

hylomorphic theory of action

Answer 23

form: choice of the will (cant see)
matter: the intentional act, what you do

Question 24

conscience

Answer 24

God inscribes in us the natural law, voice of God at center of being to do good and avoid evil

Question 25

essential things to exercise conscience

Answer 25

1. synderesis (capacity) to do good and avoid evil
2. moral science/formation of conscience (process)
3. judgement of conscience (not a decision)

Question 26

Saint Sir Thomas More

Answer 26

would not swear to oath of supremacy because it was disloyal to the pope

Question 27

antecedent ignorance

Answer 27

ignorance that preceeds the act of the will and is therefore unwilled

Question 28

erroneous conscience

Answer 28

a sin that you think is moral but actually isnt or doing something moral that you think is a sin. opposites of reality. If you have the opportunity to correct false conscience and don’t then you are committing a sin.