Chap 4
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hayleyredrick on October 25, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Conscience is capable of judging ____ and _____ situations | -moral -immoral |
| What is the purpose of conscience? | to evaluate whether or not a particular act is good or evil and to advise accordingly |
| Conscience is the ____ of the ____ | -law -mind |
| Conscience enables us to assume ____ for the acts performed | responsibility |
| Conscience is rooted in _____ | truth |
| Because truth is prior to conscience it must.. | respect the truth |
| Error in judgement enters in when _______ _______ are ignored | fundamental truths |
| Because truth is absolute, conscience, with the use of right reason, can lead to the truth about ____ and ____ | -good -evil |
| What are the means to forming one's conscience? | -acceptance of the moral teaching of the church -knowledge of christian life and doctrine -prayer and meditation -personal examination -spiritual direction |
| Precedes action- before acting one deliberates and concludes that an action is good or evil | antecedent conscience |
| Accompanies the action as it takes place | concomitant conscience |
| Follows the act | consequent conscience |
| Determining correctly the true principles that some act is good or evil | true conscience |
| determines false principles considered as true that something is lawful that is actually unlawful | erroneous conscience |
| Judging an act to be evil when it's not | scrupulous conscience |
| formulates moral judgements on insufficient grounds (judging mortal sins as venial sins and venial sins as no sins at all) "that's not a big deal" | lax conscience |
| What is needed to overcome lax/scrupulous/erroneous conscience? | Spiritual directions, the Eucharist, and reconciliation |
| Why are we obligated to follow our consciences even in error? | our freedom to choose must be respected |
| the belief that an individual's conscience is the only moral authority (subjective morality) | autonomous morality |
| means "bliss"- a reference to the ultimate happiness of heaven | blessed |
| conscience that issues a judgment in certainty | certain conscience |
| the inner voice of a human being, on whose heart is inscribed the law of God | conscience |
| a personal appeal that to carry out a particular action that has been ordered by legitimate authority would be against one's own conscience | conscientious objection |
| judgment of conscience that occurs when there is uncertainty about the good or evil of an act done | doubtful conscience |
| prayerful self-reflection on one's words and deeds in light of the Gospel to determine whether one has sinned against God | examination of conscience |
| refers to the fact that every baptized person is called to seek holiness regardless of his or her state of life | universal call to holiness |
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