YR10 - Good & Evil

Question 1

Evil

Answer 1

The absence of good and the impulse to seek our own desires.

This is often at the expense of the good of others which often results in suffering

Question 2

Suffering

Answer 2

Pain or loss which harms human beings

Some suffering is caused by other human beings (moral evil) ; some is not (natural evil)

Question 3

Privation

Answer 3

The quality of being like God

Seeking the well-being of others selflessly

Question 4

Free Will

Answer 4

The decision making part of a person’s mind is called the will

A will is free if a person is able to choose right from wrong without being controlled

Question 5

Conscience

Answer 5

Human reason making moral decisions

The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong given by God

Question 6

Natural law

Answer 6

The moral laws of right and wrong which are universal and not dependent on human laws.

The belief that the moral law is discoverable by every human being

It is the same for all human beings in all places at all times.

Question 7

Goodness

Answer 7

The quality of being like God

Question 8

Incarnation

Answer 8

“Made flesh”

The Christian belief that God became man in the person of Jesus, fully human and fully divine