Unit 1

Question 1

Reign of God

Answer 1

Radical transformation
Present and future
Personal and social
Political and spiritual

Question 2

Consumerism

Answer 2

Society’s constant demand to acquire goods that can lead to excess

Question 3

Radical Transformation

Answer 3

Of human beings and human institutions to a form that expresses the character and nature of god

Question 4

Character and nature of God

Answer 4

LOVE

Question 5

Present and future

Answer 5

Jesus said reign of God had already started
Signs of ROG present in words and deeds of Jesus
Vision articulated by God
When people embrace a vision, they live it out

Question 6

Personal and social

Answer 6

Human person needs society to develop in accord with nature
Human is never the means, but the end
Human is and ought to be subject of every social instution
Society ought to promote virtue not obstruct it

Question 7

Virtue

Answer 7

Habitual good act and firm disposition to do good

Virtuous person pursues good and chooses it in concrete actions

Question 8

Cardinal virtues

Answer 8

Play pivotal role

Others are group around them

Question 9

The cardinal virtues are

Answer 9

Prudence
Justice
Temperance
Fortitude

Question 10

Prudence

Answer 10

Disposes pratical reason to discern true good in every circumstance and to choose right means of acheiving it

“right reason in action”- Thomas Aquinas

Question 11

Justice

Answer 11

Moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give due to God and neighbor

Mean between selfishness and selflessness
Between having more and having less than one’s fair share

Question 12

Fortitude

Answer 12

• Moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good
• strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in the moral life
• serves the higher virtues of prudence and justice
• allows us to overcome fear and remain steady in our will in the face of obstacles

Question 13

Temperance

Answer 13

• Moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods
• the temperate person directs the sensitive appetites toward what is good and mantains a healthy discreation
• self restraint

Question 14

Spiritual and Political

Answer 14

-we are called to live out God’s kingdom in the midst of the old

Question 15

Catholic Social Teachings

Answer 15

Body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of social justice, involving issues of poverty and wealth, economics, social organization and the role of the state

Question 16

Humans are…

Answer 16

Communal and social

In our relationship with God we experience the conversion of heart that is necessary to truly love one another as God has loved us

Question 17

What is a principle

Answer 17

• Guiding sense of the requirements and obligations of right conduct
• determing characteristic of someone
• an essential quality

Question 18

Effects of principles

Answer 18

• Once internalized they lead to something

- they prompt action, impel motion, and direct choices

Question 19

Principled person

Answer 19

• Always has a place to stand, knows where they are coming from and likely to end up
• principles lead the person who possesses them somewhere, for some purpose, to do something, or choose not to do something

Question 20

Human dignity

Answer 20

Every person regardless of anything is worthy of respect

Question 21

Respect for human life

Answer 21

• Human life at every stage of development and decline is precious and therefore worthy of protection and respect
• it is always wrong to directly attack human life
• Catholic tradition sees the sacredness of human life as part of any moral vision for a just and good society

Question 22

Principle of association

Answer 22

• center piece of society is family
• family stability must always be protected and never undermined
• by association with others- in families and in other social institutions thst foster growth, protect dignity and promote the common good- human persons acheive their fulfillment

Question 23

Principle of Participation

Answer 23

• people have right not to be shut out from participating in those institutions that are necessary for human fulfillment
• applies in a special way to conditions associated with work

Question 24

Principle of preferrential protection for poor and vulnerable

Answer 24

• common good requires it
• opposite of rich and powerful is poor and powerless
• if the good of all is to prevail, preferrential protection must move toward those affected adversely by the absence of power and the presence of privation
• otherwise the balance needed to keep society in one piece will be broken to the detriment of the whole

Question 25

Principle of solidarity

Answer 25

Functions as a moral category that leads to choices that will promote and protect the common good

Question 26

Principle of stewardship

Answer 26

• steward is manager, not an owner
• in an era of rising consciousness about our physical environment, our tradition is calling us to a sense of moral responsibility for the protection of the environment
• stewardship responsibilities look toward our use of our personal talents, our attention to personal health and our use of private property

Question 27

Principle of subsidarity

Answer 27

• puts a proper limit on government by insisting that no higher level of organization should perform any function than can be handled efficiently and effectively at a lower level of organization by human persons who, individually or in groups, are closer to the problems and closer to the ground
• oppressive governments are always in violation of this principle

Question 28

Principle of human equality

Answer 28

• Treating equals equally is defining justice
• rendering each person his/her due
• underlying the notion of equality is the simple principle of fairness

Question 29

Principle of common good

Answer 29

-social conditions that allow people to reach their full human potential and to realize their human dignity
promote just development of the human family across regional and national lines
-proper communitarian concern is the antidote to unbridled individualism, which, like unrestrained selfishness in personal relations, can destroy balance, harmony and peace within and among groups, neighborhoods, regions and nations

Question 30

Crecenda

Answer 30

Things to be believed

Question 31

Agenda

Answer 31

Things to be done