paper 1: module 2 - good and evil

Question 1

incarnation

Answer 1

• “Made flesh”
• the Christian belief that God became man in Jesus

Question 2

evil

Answer 2

• the absence of good
• this is at the expense of the good of others which often results in suffering

Question 3

privation

Answer 3

• this loss of a quality or something that is a normally present
• St Augustine said that evil is a privation of good

Question 4

suffering

Answer 4

• Pain or loss which harms human beings
• some suffering is caused by other human beings (moral evil); some is not (natural evil)

Question 5

goodness

Answer 5

• the quality of being like God
• seeking the well-being of others selflessly

Question 6

free-will

Answer 6

• the decision-making part of a person’s mind is called the will
• free-will is when a person is able to choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces.

Question 7

natural law

Answer 7

• the laws of right and wrong are the same for all people, in all places, at all times
• every human can discover the natural law

Question 8

conscience

Answer 8

• human reason making moral decisions
• the knowledge we have of what is right and wrong given by God