Chapter 8 Vocab
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goldenlab96 on April 11, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 prudence | right reason in actions; spiritual common sense that tells us how we should act |
| justice | respecting the rights of God and others; treating others with fairness |
| fortitude | spiritual strength to do right, even when tempted or afraid |
| temperance | helps to control our appetites, especially , in the area of food, drink,sex, and possessions |
| intellect | the ability to think |
| free will | power to choose and to love |
| passions | our emotional response to the good or evil we encounter |
| subsidiarity | a principle that holds that a community of a higher order should not interffere in the internal life of a community of a lower order depriving it of its functions |
| common good | the sum total of social conditions that allow people to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily |
| solidarity | a christian virtue of charity and friendship whereby material and spiritual goods are shared among members of the human family |
| conscience | a judgment of reason whewreby the person recognizes the moral quality of an act |
| moral object | the matter of our actions; the what we do |
| intention | one's motive or purpose for acting; tells why we did something |
| circumstances | secondary factors for an act like the consequences and context(who,where,when and how) |
| natural law | God's plan for human living that is written in the very way he created things |
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