SCCHS Good and Evil Key Words GCSE Eduqas Flashcards
To know and use the definitions of all the key words.
How many pieces of information do you need for an A question?
Two
What is Evil?
The absence of good and the impulse to seek our own desires
This is at the expense of the good of others which often results in suffering
What is suffering?
Pain or loss which harms human beings.
Some suffering is caused by other human beings (moral evil); some is not (Natural evil)
What is Privation?
The loss or absence of a quality or something that is normally present.
St Augustine said that evil is a privation of good.
What is Goodness?
The quality of being like God
Seeking the well-being of others selflessly
What is Free Will?
The ability to chose between right and wrong freely without being controlled.
Free will is given to humans by God.
What is conscience?
Human reason making moral decisions.
The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong and the God-given compulsion within all human beings to do what is right and to avoid what is evil.
What is 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 by every human being and is the same for all human beings in all places at all times.
An example of Natural Law is humans desire to protect the young.
What is Incarnation?
“Made flesh”
The Christian belief that God became man in the person of Jesus, fully human and fully divine.
