Test #2 Flashcards
Freedom
Power rooted in reason and will to perform deliberate actions on ones own conscience
Characteristics of freedom
Freedom, determinism
Determinism
Philosophy that holds that every event , action and decision results from something independent of the human will
Internal freedom
Freedom from interior factors that limit choice
External freedom
Freedom from factors outside of ourselves that threaten to destroy our power to exercise choice
Limits of freedom
Human freedom is not absolute but limited
True freedom is not license
Major impediments to exercise true freedom
Ignorance , duress , fear
Ignorance
Not knowing what we should or should not do
Duress
Freedom is impeded when someone tries to force us to do something
Fear
Panic in the face of danger
Emotions and morality: emotions are…. However …degree they engage… We can find moral…. Or ….. In them
Morally Neutral; reason and will; good evil
Jesus is what of Christian morality
Fundamental norm
Jesus is
Standard or model on whom we should pattern our lives
Norm
Source of norms are scripture , tradition and human reason
Norm definition
Guidelines or laws that can help regulate human freedom
Famous statement in prologue of ….. gospel
Logos (Greek for word) becomes flesh ( incarnation)
Hidden years
12-30 Luke he was in templeat 12 at 30 he began public ministry
Hidden years are ……
Crucial to his moral development
Christ developed morally through
Grace and nature
Nature= ; grace=
Nature: family, own experience, education
Grace: relationship with father (abba)
Jesus is in … Union
Hypostatic : fully god and fully human
Matthew 5-7
Sermon on the mount
Moral discourses in sermon on the mount 1:
Turn the other cheek (revenge)
Moral discourses 2:
Our father: represents perfect prayer and that god is personal
Moral discourse 3:
Golden rule: do unto others
Moral discourse 4;
Beatitudes: describe an internal transformation with being rather than doing
Perfection?
Matthew 5:48 be as perfect as your Heavenly Father; Christ sets up high moral standard
Luke 10:25-37
Good Samaritan : Samaritans and Jews hated because Samaritans they intermarried w/ other cultures and religions . Christ directs compassion to the outcasts
Mark 12:28-34
Love of god
Love of neighbor
Passion?:
Luke 23:34 mercy forgive them father
Luke 23:46: surrender “into your hands I commend my spirit “
Keno sis : self emptying
Garden of Gethsemdne :
Luke 22:39-46
First sin in this garden
Asks father to let cup pass him: cup of death suffering and passion
Freedom: reason and will
Nietzsche
Spoke Zarathustra : throghout book he proclaims death of god
Famous quote
God is dead and we’ve killed him
What was Nietzsche critical of
Extreme aspects of religion (extreme religiosity)
Power
Equated to imposition (will to power)
Will to power
Truth and freedom are based on somebody’s ability to impose their will
Will to power ultimately
Hinders freedom (external)
