morality
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 apostasy | total rejection of jesus christ by a baptized christian |
| avarice | passionate desire for the riches and the power that comes from them |
| beatitudes | attitudes guiding us to follow jesus more closel in order to achieve holiness or happiness |
| canon law | full body of officialy established rules governing the Catholic church revised in 1983 |
| capital punishment | to defend against aggressors, we must always use bloodless means and avoid killing if at all possible |
| pride | unlimited appreciation of one's own worth |
| avarice | passionate desire for riches and the power that comes with them |
| lust | inordinate,unrestrained craving for pleasure |
| anger | intemperate desire for revenge |
| gluttony | immoderate consumption of food or drink |
| envy | sadness over another person's possessions |
| sloth | laziness in keeping the faith or practicing virtue |
| church law | what civil law is to natural law, church law is to divine law. includes both the precepts of the church and the canon law |
| common good | sum total number of social conditions that allow people to reach their fulfillment more fully and easily |
| concupiscence | an inclination toward evil caused by original sin. rebellion of flesh against the spirit |
| deontological | an apporach to ethics that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to a rule or rules. deontologists look at rules and duties. |
| despair | says God is not faithful to his promises. a grand deception and grave sin |
| divination | attempts to unveil what God wants hidden by calling up demonic powers, horoscopes, palm reading, etx. |
| divine law | oconscience, freedom, gospel, love, and sin |
| euthanasia | action or omission, which of itself and by intention caused by death, with the purpose of leiminatin all suffering. always wrong with good intentions |
| fruits of the holy spirit | fruits of eternal glory. include charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chastity |
| free union | extended relationships where couples refuse to have their commitment fromalized or sanctioned by law |
| gifts of the holy spirit | god given abilities that help us live a christian life with god's help. the seven gifts include wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. |
| heresy | outright denial by a baptized person or some essential truth about god and faith that we must believe |
| ignorance | simply not knowing what we should do or not do. sometimes not our fault. somettimes you should have known better |
| inadvertence | not paying attention or being distracted while we are acting |
| justice | involves relationships with other and out life community |
| justification | the holy spirit's grace that cleanses us from our sins through faith in jeesus christ and baptism, makes us right with god |
| kingdom of god | god's peace, justice and loe that was proclaimed by jesus and inaugurated in his life death, and resurrection |
| limits on freemdom | human freedom is not absolute. human freedom is in fact limited. we are limited by our physical, psychological, intellectual, and soocial background |
| metanoia | greek for repentance |
| john s. milll | author of utilitarianism |
| moral object | moral content of an action that suggests whether the action is directed toward the true good |
| moral intention | intentions behind our actions |
| moral circumstances | of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or ruless of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong |
| moral law | reasoned participation of humans in god's eternal law that reveals what god intends us to do and avoid according to his plan |
| morality | knowledge based on human experience, reason, and god's revelation that discovers what we ought to be and what we ought to do to live fully human lives |
| natural law | reasoned participation of humans in god's eternal law that reveals what god intends us to do |
| paschal mystery | god's love and salvation revealed through the life, passion, death, and resurrection of jesus christ |
| papal infallibility | the idea that the pop is perfect and incapable of error |
| perjury | false witness over oath |
| plato | greek philosopher |
| precepts of the church | minimal obligations for members of the church |
| presumption | takes for granted that we can save ourselves without god's help; expecting that god will automatically be merciful even if one does not repent |
| purity | helps us control lust |
| revelation | the act of revealing or disclosing |
| sacrilegious | profane or unworthy treatment of the sacraments |
| schism | refusal to submit to the pope's authority to remain in union with the members of the catholic church |
| simony | buying or selling of spiritual goods |
| sobriety | the state or quality of being sober |
| solidarity | christian virture of social charity and freindship |
| sorcery | the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic |
| stop sign method | a method use to determine the moral choice in a decisions. s- search t-think o-other p-pray |
| subsidarity | principal of catholilc socail teaching that holds a higher unit of society should not do what a lower unit can do as well |
| swearing | misuse of god's name in making false promises, cursing other people, os using god's name frivolously |
| teleogical | goals being sought; what should i do? what is my goal? |
| theological virtues | faith hope and love |
| venial sin | personal sin that weakens us but does not kill our relationshipo with god |
| vice | bad habits such as laziness |
| virtue | firm attitudes, habitual perfections, or intellect and will that govern our actions according to reason and faith |
| value | certain standards or qualitites that we deem worthwhile or valuable |
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