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Morality Flashcards

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Grace

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  • The free and undeserved gift of God’s loving and active presence in the universe and in our lives
  • empowers us to respond to his call and to live as his adopted sons and daughters
  • restores our loving communion with the Holy Trinity, lost through sin
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Sanctifying Grace

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  • A supernatural gift of God by which our sins are forgiven and we are made holy
  • It restores our communion with God
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Consequences

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-The result or effect of an action or condition

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Plagiarism

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  • Copying someone else’s words or ideas without permission or giving proper credit to the person
  • A type of Modern Sin of Stealing
  • Vast amount of information on the Internet
  • Pirating music and movies is also considered a sin
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Actual Grace

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  • God’s interventions and support for us in the everyday moments of our lives
  • Important or conversion and for continuing growth in holiness
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Conscience

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  • God given internal sense of what is morally right and what is morally wrong
  • Consistent with natural moral law
  • Development of a conscience helps us live an honest life
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Catechism of the Catholic Church

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  • A popular summary, usually in book form, of Catholic doctrine about faith and morals
  • commonly intended for use within formal programs of catechism
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Theological Virtues

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  • The name for the God-given virtues of faith, hope, and love
  • These virtues enable us to know God as God and lead us to union with Him in mind and heart
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Cardinal Virtues

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  • Based on the Latin word “pivot”
  • Four virtues that are viewed as pivotal or essential for full Christian living: prudence, Justice, fortitude, and temperance
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Vice

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-A practice or habit that leads a person to sin

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Examination of Conscience

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  • An honest assessment of how well we have lived God’s covenant of love
  • This examination leads us to accept responsibility for our sins and to realize our need of God’s merciful forgiveness
  • Usually done before reconciliation (go over the 10 commandments)
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Masturbation

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  • self-manipulation of one’s sexual organs for the purpose of erotic pleasure or to receive an orgasm
  • sin because:
    • the act cannot result in the creation of new life
    • God created sexuality not for self-gratification but to unify a husband and wife in Marriage
      • Self-pleasure without sharing life or real love
      • Result in disease and emotional wounds that can prevent true intimacy in future relationships
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Simony

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  • Buying or selling something spiritual, such as a grace, a sacrament, or a relic
  • Against the 1st commandment
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Informed Conscience

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  • feels something is right or wrong then that makes it okay for them
  • Not sinful, (abortion or divorce), then it is not
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Lax/Lazy Conscience

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-when a person does not empty a process of conscientious decision making but unwittingly makes a wrong decision

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Erroneous Conscience

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-when a person follows a process of conscientious decision making but unwittingly makes a wrong decision

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Evaluating a Moral Act

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  • Object: in moral decision making, the object is the specific thing, an act, word, or thought that is being chosen
  • Intention: the intended outcome or goal of the person choosing the object when making a moral decision
  • Circumstances: the specific conditions or facts affecting a moral decision
    • Circumstances can increase or decrease the goodness or evil of an action
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FACTS (Five steps to making the moral decision)

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  • Find the facts
  • Assess the alternatives
  • Consider the consequences
  • Think about God’s teachings
  • Seek spiritual support
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Abortion

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  • The deliberate termination of a pregnancy by killing the unborn child
  • grave sin and a crime against human life
  • Direct abortion is a serious in and strongly forbidden by the law of God
    • Intended
  • Indirect abortion has a double effect in saving the life of the mother and ending the life of the child
    • Not intended
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Euthanasia

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  • A direct action, or a deliberate lack of action, that causes the death of a person who is handicapped, six, or dying
  • violation of the Fifth Commandment against killing
  • also referred to as mercy killing
  • the people who are helping the person choosing to die are also just as guilty of the mortal sin
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Capital Punishment/ Death Penalty

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  • Punishment should be proportionate to the offense
    • Should be for the redemption of the person
    • If proven guilty, Church does not exclude the death penalty
  • States have the moral right to use death penalty to defend innocent people from criminals who are proven threats to society

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