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Unit 3 Test Flashcards

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Freedom

is rooted…

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is rooted in reason and will. the power to act or not to act.

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Willed act

a moral act…

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A moral act is not an act alone, it is willed.

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Conscience

an inner…

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an inner feeling or voice acting as a guide to rightness or wrongness of

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Free will

the capacity to…

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The capacity to perform actions independently of any prior event. Act without being forced.

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Individualism

the habit…

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the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant.

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Interdependence

the dependence…

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the dependence of two or more things on each other.

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Character

the way your…

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the way your actions over time tend to become fixed to your body.

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Moral fibre

like a muscle…

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like a muscle fibre - the more you exercise it, the stronger your character.

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Secularism

rejects…

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rejects religion and religious considerations. Accept only critical reasons.

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Moral stance

you arrive…

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you arrive at a conclusion in moral reasoning that leads you to believe there is only one set of permissible actions to take.

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How do we develop character?

we repeat…
our daily…
once you repeat…

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  • we repeat actions until they become a habit
  • our daily actions are habits we’ve formed and products of what we believe
  • once you repeat a certain action, they become a fixed habit and can be recognized as a character trait
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Explain the character cycle.

a model which…
our conscience…
once our actions…
these habits…
m

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  • a model which explains how we develop our character
  • our conscience guides our choices and actions
  • once our actions and choices become repetitive, they become habits
  • these habits are either good or bad
  • these habits make up who we are, our character traits, and form our character
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Virtues

good…

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good habits, an inner readiness to accomplish moral good

EX: courage, generosity, patience

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Vices

bad…

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bad habits, an inner readiness to accomplish moral evil

EX: cowardice, extravagance, pride

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What do these habits have to do with character?

habits are a…
character refers…
habits determine…
ex…

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  • Habits are a pattern of behavior that develops over time.
  • Character refers to the way your actions, over time, become fixed in your body as traits.
  • Habits determine your regular actions, which leads to a development of character traits.

Ex.
A runner trains everyday by running in the morning and evening until it becomes a habit. This habit of training hard forms the runner’s character to be resilient and a hard worker.

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Naturalism

every action…

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every action in the universe is the effect of some cause. Your behaviour is based on genetics.

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Religious Determinism

a persons…

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A person’s fate is predetermined by God
John Calvin says our choices have no impact on our fates.

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Social Determinism

a persons behaviour…

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A person’s behaviour is shaped by others’ influences upon you.
You are the product of what others have done to you, therefore you are not free to act

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Narcissism

a mental disorder…

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a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration, and a lack of empathy for others.

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The Second Vatican Council calls conscience:

“voice, ever calling…”

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“voice, ever calling him to love and to do what is good and to avoid evil, tells him inwardly at the right moment: do this, shun that.”

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Conscience as a process

moral reasoning…

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Moral reasoning/decision making. Knowing how to perceive accurately and to think correctly. The process of reflection and analysis.

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Conscience as a capacity

our capacity to…

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Our capacity to recognize right and wrong. Our capacity to know/do good and avoid evil.

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Conscience as judgement

commit yourself to…

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Commit yourself to what you believe to be right and avoid what you believe to be wrong. Concrete judgment and decision of what I must do is based on my personal perception and grasp of values.

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Well-formed Conscience:

formed from…

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Formed from right information: scripture, church, and community. Entails recognizing one’s guilt/past wrong-doings, and how to learn from it.

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Wrongly Formed Conscience:

conscience formed on…

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Conscience formed on information that is mistaken.

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Lax Conscience:

conscience that is…

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Conscience that is not concerned about whether or not an act is right or wrong.

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Legalistic Conscience

conscience that obeys…

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Conscience that obeys rules perfectly, following the letter of the law rather than the spirit of the law.

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Guilt

is an emotinal…

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is an emotional experience that happens in response to an action, though, or emotion that one deems ‘wrong’.

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Warranted Guilt:

when we know an…

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When we know an act is wrong and we do it anyway. We recognize and accept that what we did was, in fact, wrong.

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Unwarranted Guilt:

there is no real…

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There is no real justifiable reason to feel guilty. Occurs when we have a wrongly formed conscience.

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Too Little Guilt:

accustomed to…

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Accustomed to sin and therefore feeling immune to wrongdoing. Occurs when we have a lax conscience.

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Excessive Guilt:

guilt out of…

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Guilt out of proportion to the severity of the wrongdoing. Occurs when we have a legalistic conscience.

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Misinformed conscience:

caused by immoral…

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caused by immoral actions, faulty reasoning, fault value structures and misinformation received from others.

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Rationalization

stealing may be…

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stealing may be wrong but large stores can afford it because of their huge profits

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Trivialization

its not a…

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it’s not big deal - everybody else does it

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misinformation

my doctor…

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my doctor told me all teenage girls should take birth control to prevent getting pregnant

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The end justifies the immoral means:

i had to…

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i had to steal the chocolate bar - i didn’t have any money and i hadn’t eaten. I get sick if I don’t eat.

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Means to an end:

by dropping…

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by dropping a nuclear bomb to end the war, well end up saving lives

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Difficult to reason:

a teen is…

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a teen is kicked out of his home. He acts without thinking and breaks into an empty home when he could have asked for help from the police.

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