quiz 3 Flashcards
What is a virtue?
habitual and firm disposition to do the good
What is a value?
person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgement of what is important in life
What is a vicious person?
He/she does what is wrong with no interior battle or guilt.
What is a weak willed person?
He/she does what it wrong after losing an interior battle and experiences a level of guilt/shame
What is a strong willed person?
He/she does what is right after fighting a major interior battle…experiences anxiousness & frustration
What is a virtuous person?
Does the good with ease
What is prudence?
virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it
What is justice?
moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor.
What is fortitude?
moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. It strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in the moral life.
What is temperance?
moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods. It ensures the will’s mastery over instincts and keeps desires within the limits of what is honorable.
What are these called
cardinal virtues
When we grow in virtue, we must not only rely on God’s grace, but cooperate with our own efforts. In the sailboat analogy, the wind is like _________ and the sails are like _________.
Gods grace/ Our efforts
