Chap 3- religion
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hayleyredrick on September 27, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acts of humans | an instinctive deed that is done without intellect or free will (ex: sneeze or blink) |
| culpable | state of being guilty and deserving of punishment |
| deliberation | a process of thinking before you act, when you look at all the possible outcomes |
| evil | anything that goes against God's will (sin) |
| freedom of excellence | the ability to choose the will of God and seek perfection and holiness |
| freedom of indifference | to choose to do what is good rather than what is evil, to choose what is right |
| full knowledge | to understand all of the components of deciding a moral act |
| human act | a deed done by a person with thought, knowledge, and free will |
| ignorance | a lack of understanding or the ability to know |
| indifferent acts | these are deeds done that have no moral implication (like what color car you drive) |
| indirect responsibility | this means you are culpable for a deed done even though that wasn't your intention (go home, yell at mom, she runs over cat) |
| invincible ignorance | this is the type of unknowing or lack of an ability to learn that someone cannot overcome (handicapped) |
| moral act | a deed that has a connotation of right or wrong, good or evil |
| partial knowledge | a barrier that prevents our full understanding of all the circumstances of a moral act |
| prudence | virtue, or a good habit, that allows us to make good decisions |
| responsibility | it's owning our actions and being culpable for our decisions |
| subjective morality | (ex: Lord of the Flies- made up own rules) when humans play God and choose to decide what's good and what's evil |
| vincible ignorance | knowledge that you choose not to understand |
| violence | behavior involving physical force or evil |
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