Unit 4 Flashcards

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Official Church teaching: cloning

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Against because it takes away from the sanctity of marriage, makes human making a business, and takes away from our uniqueness

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Official Church teaching: stem cell research

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Against embryonic, adults are okay

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Culture of Life

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A society that holds all life sacred from conception to natural death

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Culture of Death

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A society that does not hold life sacred in all its stages

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Conscience

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The interior voice guided by human reason and Divine Law that leads us to understand ourselves as responsible for our actions, and prompts us to do good and avoid evil

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Euthanasia

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A direct action, or lack of action, that causes the death of a person who is handicapped, sick, or dying

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Excommunication

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A severe penalty that results from grave sin against Church law. Either imposed by a Church official or happens automatically as a result of the offense

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Suicide

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Deliberately taking one’s own life

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Racism

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Treating people of a different race without the full respect their equal dignity requires

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Official Church teaching: euthanasia

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Against it: it violates the 5th commandment, serious sin against the sanctity of life

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Roe v. Wade

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In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot limit a woman’s right to an abortion during the first trimester of her pregnancy

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Official Church teaching: abortion

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All human life is sacred and starts at the moment of conception, but the only exception is when it puts the mother’s life at risk

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Official Church teaching: suicide

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grave offense against the 5th Commandment; the person is making a decision that is God’s alone to make

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Official Church teaching: Immigration/Migration

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Church calls for elimination of the root causes of such migration, but says that countries have the right to protect their borders

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Official Church teaching: In Vitro Fertilization

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a baby should be conceived only through the marital act

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Official Church teaching: Genetic Engineering

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Catholics should be against it because God formed us but it’s okay with humans if it’s therapeutic or with plants, medicine, etc.

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Materialism

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a cause of the culture of death. When God is not the center of our lives, we often become preoccupied with material things, which leads to selfishness and the pursuit of pleasure as the primary goal of our lives

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Project Rachel

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Catholic ministry to men and women whose lives have been touched by the loss of abortion

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What does The Gospel of Life address?

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identifies 2 causes of the Culture of Death: a distorted understanding of human freedom and materialism

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What does The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World address?

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lists sins against human life and dignity (ie: murder, genocide, suicide, etc.)

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What does Brothers and Sisters to us address?

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the U.S. bishops recognize that the life of the Church is enriched by its racial identity

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What does Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope address?

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identified 5 social justice principles that guide the Catholic perspective on migration and immigration issues: people have the right to find opportunities in their homeland, people have the right to migrate to support themselves and their families, sovereign nations have the right to control their borders, refugees and asylum seekers should be afforded protection, and the human dignity and human rights of undocumented migrants and immigrants should be respected

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How can families play a role in building a culture of life?

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We all should proclaim the Gospel, pray, serve others through works of charity, respect all people. Parents specifically must lovingly accept all children and teach them the gospel of life

24
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How should we treat those with differing abilities? What can we learn from these people?

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We are committed to ending discrimination against persons with disabilities, both in our Church and society. We can learn independence, joy, uniqueness, and much more from them

25
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The Church teaches that three elements determine the morality of any human action: object, intention, and circumstance. Explain how these elements apply to the act of euthanasia

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The object in inherently sinful: taking an innocent life. No matter how noble the intention is, or what the circumstances are, the object is still incredibly bad which makes the whole thing bad

26
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Why does the Church seek to end the death penalty?

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It is taking life. We don’t know God’s plan for a person’s life, no matter what they do. Additionally, DNA evidence is rarely used in cases, so we’re almost never 100% sure if a person committed a crime

27
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Against because it takes away from the sanctity of marriage, makes human making a business, and takes away from our uniqueness

A

Official Church teaching: cloning

28
Q

Against embryonic, adults are okay

A

Official Church teaching: stem cell research

29
Q

A society that holds all life sacred from conception to natural death

A

Culture of Life

30
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A society that does not hold life sacred in all its stages

A

Culture of Death

31
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The interior voice guided by human reason and Divine Law that leads us to understand ourselves as responsible for our actions, and prompts us to do good and avoid evil

A

Conscience

32
Q

A direct action, or lack of action, that causes the death of a person who is handicapped, sick, or dying

A

Euthanasia

33
Q

A severe penalty that results from grave sin against Church law. Either imposed by a Church official or happens automatically as a result of the offense

A

Excommunication

34
Q

Deliberately taking one’s own life

A

Suicide

35
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Treating people of a different race without the full respect their equal dignity requires

A

Racism

36
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Against it: it violates the 5th commandment, serious sin against the sanctity of life

A

Official Church teaching: euthanasia

37
Q

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot limit a woman’s right to an abortion during the first trimester of her pregnancy

A

Roe v. Wade

38
Q

All human life is sacred and starts at the moment of conception, but the only exception is when it puts the mother’s life at risk

A

Official Church teaching: abortion

39
Q

grave offense against the 5th Commandment; the person is making a decision that is God’s alone to make

A

Official Church teaching: suicide

40
Q

Church calls for elimination of the root causes of such migration, but says that countries have the right to protect their borders

A

Official Church teaching: Immigration/Migration

41
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a baby should be conceived only through the marital act

A

Official Church teaching: In Vitro Fertilization

42
Q

Catholics should be against it because God formed us but it’s okay with humans if it’s therapeutic or with plants, medicine, etc.

A

Official Church teaching: Genetic Engineering

43
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a cause of the culture of death. When God is not the center of our lives, we often become preoccupied with material things, which leads to selfishness and the pursuit of pleasure as the primary goal of our lives

A

Materialism

44
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Catholic ministry to men and women whose lives have been touched by the loss of abortion

A

Project Rachel

45
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identifies 2 causes of the Culture of Death: a distorted understanding of human freedom and materialism

A

What does The Gospel of Life address?

46
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lists sins against human life and dignity (ie: murder, genocide, suicide, etc.)

A

What does The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World address?

47
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the U.S. bishops recognize that the life of the Church is enriched by its racial identity

A

What does Brothers and Sisters to us address?

48
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identified 5 social justice principles that guide the Catholic perspective on migration and immigration issues: people have the right to find opportunities in their homeland, people have the right to migrate to support themselves and their families, sovereign nations have the right to control their borders, refugees and asylum seekers should be afforded protection, and the human dignity and human rights of undocumented migrants and immigrants should be respected

A

What does Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope address?

49
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We all should proclaim the Gospel, pray, serve others through works of charity, respect all people. Parents specifically must lovingly accept all children and teach them the gospel of life

A

How can families play a role in building a culture of life?

50
Q

We are committed to ending discrimination against persons with disabilities, both in our Church and society. We can learn independence, joy, uniqueness, and much more from them

A

How should we treat those with differing abilities? What can we learn from these people?

51
Q

The object in inherently sinful: taking an innocent life. No matter how noble the intention is, or what the circumstances are, the object is still incredibly bad which makes the whole thing bad

A

The Church teaches that three elements determine the morality of any human action: object, intention, and circumstance. Explain how these elements apply to the act of euthanasia

52
Q

It is taking life. We don’t know God’s plan for a person’s life, no matter what they do. Additionally, DNA evidence is rarely used in cases, so we’re almost never 100% sure if a person committed a crime

A

Why does the Church seek to end the death penalty?