Paper 1 Good and Evil Flashcards
Conscience
Human reason making moral decisions.
The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong given by God
Suffering
Pain or loss which harmshuman beings.
Some suffering is caused by humans, some is not
Privation
The loss or absence of a quality or something that is normally present.
Evil is a privation of good
Goodness
The quality of being like God.
Seeking the well being of others selflessly
Free will
The decision making part of a person’s mind is called the will.
A will is free if a person is able to choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces
Evil
The absence of good and the impulse to seek our own desires.
This is often at the expense of the good of others which often results in suffering.
Natural law
The moral laws of right and wrong which are universal and not dependent on human laws.
The belief in natural law is the belief that the moral law is discoverable every human beings in all places at all times
Incarnation
“Made flesh” .
The Christian belief that God became man in the person of jesus, fully human and fully devine