Triple Test Flashcards
Prudence
Good judgment
Justice
Right relationship,much that you render to others what is their do
Temperance
Rightly ordered desire by desiring what is worth desiring
Fortitude
Rightly ordered anger such that u oppose obstacles worthy of opposition
Name the 7 Deadly Sins
Pride
Envy
Greed
Gluttony
Lust
Wrath
Sloth
Pride
Interprets all with reference to oneself as the center. Attributes all traits to himself as opposed to gifts of God
Envy
Inability to rejoice in the good of another
Greed/Avarice
Disordered desire with relation to possessions
Gluttony
Disordered desire with relation to food
Lust
Disordered desire with relation to sexuality
Wrath
Excessive anger
Sloth
Defective anger
Plates analogy of the soul as a chariot
The driver is reason
The horse is anger and desire
Fundamental moral task
To keep anger in order and have reason control the decisions
Fundamental moral disorder
When reason loses control and anger starts making the decisions
The golden mean
Human power can be corrupted either through excess or through deficiency. Some vices are of excess while other vices are of deficiency. Virtue always lies in the golden mean between excess and deficiency
Natural virtue
Human natural virtue that human can attain through human effort and practice
Supernatural virtue
Can only be attained through a gift of grace from God to people
Name the cardinal virtues
Prudence
Justice
Temperance
Fortitude
Role of motive in Catholic morality
A good motive is necessary but insufficient condition for a good act
What is the object of an act
The act itself apart from motive and result and apart from any circumstance
What’s the importance of the object of an act
For the act to be good, it’s object must be good
Explain the role of circumstance
Some actions are neither good nor evil but neutral
Principle of double effect
There is an act with one evil object and one good object. The act is permissible of the objects are inseparable, simultaneous, and only good is intended
Role of motive in Catholic morality
A good motive is necessary but insufficient condition for a good act
What is the object of an act
The act itself apart from motive and result and apart from any circumstance
What’s the importance of the object of an act
For the act to be good, it’s object must be good
Explain the role of circumstance
Some actions are neither good nor evil but neutral
Principle of double effect
There is an act with one evil object and one good object. The act is permissible of the objects are inseparable, simultaneous, and only good is intended
