RELED MT1 Flashcards
5 IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN MORAL DECISION
INVESTIGATE INQUIRE IMAGINE INTROSPECT IMPLORE
INTROSPECT?
feeling that is distaste or joy, which may reveal your disgust and your attraction for what is truly good
IMPLORE?
GOD’S HELP IN PRAYER; ASKING GOD FOR GUIDANCE THROUGH PRAYER
IMAGINE?
ANALYZING POSSIBILITIES/CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS
INQUIRE?
MORAL NORMS AFFECTING YOUR ACTS, WHAT NORMS ARE THE MORAL NORMS TO FOLLOW?
INVESTIGATE?
THE FACTS OF MORAL ACT
THREE DIMENSIONS OF A MORAL ACT THAT CAN GUIDE OUR ACTIONS/DECISIONS
OBJECT OR NATURE OF THE ACT
INTENTION FOR DOING THE ACT
CIRCUMSTANCES
REFER TO THE CONSEQUENCES OR OTHER CONDITIONS OF AN ACT
CIRCUMSTANCES
REFERS TO WHAT WAS DONE OR TO BE DONE
OBJECT OR NATURE OF THE ACT
REFER TO THE PERSONS MOTIVE OR REASON FOR DOING THE DEED
INTENTION FOR DOING THE ACT
CIRCUMSTANCES
REFER TO THE CONSEQUENCES OR OTHER CONDITIONS OF AN ACT
OBJECT OR NATURE OF THE ACT
REFERS TO WHAT WAS DONE OR TO BE DONE
INTENTION FOR DOING THE ACT
REFER TO THE PERSONS MOTIVE OR REASON FOR DOING THE DEED
ARISE FROM THE HABITS OR LEARNED DISPOSITIONS TO ACT IN A PARTICULAR WAY
VIRTUE
ANY DEVELOPED CAPACITY OF MIND OR WILL TO ACCOMPLISH MORAL GOOD
VIRTUE
3 THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES
FAITH HOPE CHARITY
4 CARDINAL VIRTUES
PRUDENCE JUSTICE FORTITUDE TEMPERANCE
LAW IS LEGAL IF IT DOES NOT CONTRADICT THE STAATE LAWS
LEGALITY
LAW IS MORAL IF THE NATURE, INTENTION AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACT ARE ALL POSITIVELYH GOOD BASE DON MORAL NORMS FOR PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY (CFC 804)
MORALITY
INTERIOR SOURCE AND EXAMPLAR OF PRAYER
JESUS CHRIST
REVEAL THE GOAL OF HUMAN EXISTENCE
THE BEATITUDES
NEW LAW
NATURAL LAW IS UNIVERSAL APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE
2 GREATEST COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE
YOU SHALL LOVE LORD YOUR GOD WILL ALL YOUR HEART
YOUR SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF
OUR FREEDOM TO ACT AND FOLLOW WHAT IS RIGHT
LAW IS FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM
LAW PROMOTES COMMON GOOD FOR OUR COUNTRY
LAW IS FOR NATION’S FREEDOM
ELEMENTS OF LAW
REASONABLE DECISION
PROPERLY PROMULGATED
BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY
FOR COMMON GOOD
SUBJECTIVE DIMENSION
PERSONAL NORM OF JUDGING MORAL GOOD OR EVIL
JUST LAW
PROTECTS/PROMOTES AUTHENTIC HUMAN FREEDOM
OBJECTIVE DIMENSION
FORMED BY UNIVERSAL VALUES/NORMS WE LEARN FROM OTHERS
BIBLE SAYS THAT THE LAW OF GOD IS INSCRIBED IN THE HEART OF EVERY MAN
JUST LAW
FREEDOM
POWER GIVEN BY GOD TO ACT OR TO NOT ACT
IT IS NOT SIMPLY THE RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT TO DO WHAT IS GOOD
TRUE FREEDOM
OPPOSES OUR TRUE GOOD AS A PERSON IN A COMMUNITY AND NOT FREEDOM FROM MORAL OBLIGATIONS (VICES, DESIRE, PREJUDICE)
FREEDOM FROM
DIMENSIONS OF CONSCIENCE
OBJECTIVE DIMENSION
SUBJECTIVE DIMENSION
3 STAGES OF CONSCIENCE
INSTINCTIVE
ETHICAL OR MORAL
RELIGIOUS OR CHRISTIAN
INSTINCTIVE DEFINITION
FOCUSES ON THE RENEWAL AND PREMISES OF AN ACT
ETHICAL OR MORAL DEFINITION
KNOWING THE OBJECTIVE MORAL NORMS
RELIGIOUS OR CHRISTIAN DEFINITION
HIGHER SPIRITUAL RESPONSE TO THE GOODNESS OF GOD
IS WITH QUALITY AND NOT QUANTITY
FREEDOM
AT THE SERVICE OF GOOD AND TRUTH
FREEDOM
CHARACTERIZES BY HUMAN ACTS. THE MORE ONE DOES WHAT IS GOOD, THE FREE ONE BECOMES
FREEDOM
SETS US FREE BY GIVING THE POWER TO OVERCOME SIN
JESUS
BASIC CONDITION OF TRUE FREEDOM
TRUTH
FREEDOM FOR (GOOD)
GROWING AS FULL PERSON AND DISCIPLES OF JESUS, CHOSEN TO DO GOOD FOR OTHERS
FREEDOM FROM (BAD)
OPPOSES OUR TRUE GOOD AS A PERSON IN A COMMUNITY AND NOT FREEDOM FROM MORAL OBLIGATIONS (VICES, DESIRE, PREJUDICE)
CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE
- CONSCIENCE MORALLY OBLIGATED US
- FORMING CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE
LAW OF THE GOSPEL - JESUS LAW OF LOVE AND THE BEATITUDES
NEW TESTAMENT
virtue that allows us to judge correctly what is right and what is wrong in any given situation.
PRUDENCE
moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God & neighbor.
JUSTICE
Moral virtue that moderates the attraction pf pleasures and provide balance in the use of created goods.
TEMPERANCE
enables one to conquer fear even fear of death, and to face trials and persecutions.
FORTITUDE
NATURAL LAW
LAWS OF OUR NATURE AS A HUMAN PERSON INSCRIBED IN OUR HEART BY THE CREATOR
DIVINE LAW
LAW OF GOD AS REVEALED IN THE SACRED SCRIPTURE ESPECIALLY IN THE DECALOGUE (OLD TESTAMENT, 10 COMMANDMENTS)
CHURCH LAW
EXPRESSION OF DIVINE LAW IN THE CONCRETE CHRISTIAN DAILY LIVING
CIVIL LAW
HUMAN MADE LAWS
FUNCTION OF A MORAL LAW?
TO IMPOSE GOODNESS TO EVERYONE AND SET BOUNDARIES TO NOT ABUSE ITS GOALS
DIFFERENT LAWS
HUMAN LAW
DIVINE LAW
CHURCH LAW
CIVIL LAW
NEW TESTAMENT
TWO LEVELS OF PERSONAL FREEDOM
FREE CHOICE
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM (PERSON’S BASIC CHOICE)
CONDITION OF NOT BEING BOUND BY ESTABLISHED CONVENTION/RULES
HUMAN FREEDOM
CONDITION OF NOT BEING CONTROLLED BY ANOTHER
HUMAN FREEDOM
situation of sinfulness in which we were born, making it more challenging to do what is good.
SIN OF THE WORLD
our inward attraction to commit sin. It is our disorder,, self-centered appetites.
CONCUPISCENCE
irst and historical sin committed by our first parents, which started all the sins in the world. Sin we inherit to Adam and Eve.The Crucified Christ manifest the unfathomable greatness and triumph of the love of God,
ORIGINAL SIN
negative moral values and acts or failure to act, which run to counter the common good. (discrimination, indifference, materialism, commercialism)
SOCIAL SIN
TWO ERRONEOUS NOTION OF SIN
BELITTLING
OVEREMPHASIZING
the other extreme, where sin is made to seem bigger than it is. In this case, someone might feel too much guilt or shame and believe they can’t move past their mistakes. This can lead to hopelessness and forgetting that forgiveness and change are possible.
OVEREMPHASIZING
(downplaying) means seeing sin as something small or unimportant. It involves treating sinful actions like they don’t really matter, which can lead to ignoring the need to ask for forgiveness or change. This makes us overlook how serious sin can be.
BELITTLING
“Sin is a product of Man’s abuse of Freedom”
ST. John Paul ll
word, act, desire contrary to the law of God.
SIN
breaks the relationship of a person with God, with others, and with oneself.
SIN
first and foremost liberation from the radical slavery of sin
LIBERATION TO TRUE FREEDOM
, we put ourselves at the center of all our actions; thus we become self-centered, WHEN WE COMMIT?
SIN
results in our action when we choose to give in to our self-centered tendencies.
PERSONAL SIN
BUDHI
CONSCIENCE
function of our human reason though which we discern and judge the moral goodness or evil with the feeling that we ought to do what is good and avoid what is evil.
CONSCIENCE
