TH200 - Major Vocab
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tennisfashionxo on June 1, 2010
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Morality | a system of rules describing how we ought to act (the art) |
| Morals | Customs of conduct describing how people DO act |
| Ethics | The systematic study of morality (the science) |
| Moral principles | Guidelines for moral decision making |
| Values | Whatever we subjectively worth having, being, or doing |
| Non-Moral Values | Things that we may want, but are morally neutral |
| Moral Value | Values that carry obligation |
| Universal moral values | Values that are grounded in the fundamental belief in the worth of all persons (e.g., honesty, following the law |
| Non-universal moral values | Values toward which one may feel a strong obligation, but are not imposed onto others (e.g., prayer, fasting) |
| Virtue | a lived moral value |
| Moral agent | the individual/group acting in a given situation |
| Discipleship | Following of Jesus as the normative rule for Christian life |
| The kingdom of heaven | foundational theme of Jesus' life and teaching |
| Moral objectivist | One who believes certain behaviors are always morally right or wrong |
| Moral relativist | One who believes that there is no moral code |
| Analyzing a moral act | 1. I/F/K of moral agent 2. Means of the act 3. Consider circumstances and consequences - may be subjective or objective |
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