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35 Cards in this Set
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For personal responses |
The experience of the personal response the experience of the other the experience of obligation the experience of contrast |
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Ethics |
The guiding principles that help us towards goodness. Comes from Greek "ta ethika" having to do with good character Justice, compassion |
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Morality |
Having to do with the customs how bits and manners she be human life Rules, laws, Ten Commandments |
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Aristotle Teleological ethics |
Purpose. Happiness is not found in the individual but in what is good for the community or society. Doctrine of the mean = moderation for the individual |
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Kant Deontological ethics |
Duty. He believes in theoretical and practical reasoning, God, freedom and immortality. Humans are by nature free. God is beyond our reach but his existence allows us to achieve the supreme good. |
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Levinas Relational ethics |
Searching for the good through the face of others. We are called to react to "the other" especially those in need. The good is infinite |
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Conceptual framework of action
Paul Ricoeur |
Who? (Agent) What? (Action) why? (Motive) how? (With what means?) with or against whom? under what circumstances? with what outcome? |
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Responsibility |
A person is the agent of his actions. this presupposes freedom knowledge and capacity |
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Human freedom |
The power to act or not to act and the acceptance of responsibility for the consequences |
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Naturalism |
Our decisions and actions are determined by our genetics and we are not responsible for our actions. as Catholics we don't except this theory. naturalism denies the possibility of ethics |
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Artificial intelligence |
A principle that proposes that intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine could be made to stimulate it |
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Mind-brain distinction |
Catholic tradition does not deny the discoveries of science for the connections between the mind and brain. The human mind is more than the physical functions. the mind has the capacity for freedom, choice and action. the mind is the heart of human capacity |
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Predestination |
The belief that God chooses to save some people and condemns the rest. A person can change this on their own. as Catholics we don't except this view |
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Social determinism |
Our actions are determined by others based on culture race gender religion etc. this denies our freedom and as Catholics we don't believe this to be true |
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Rationalism |
A philosophical theory that suggests that nothing can be accepted as true unless it can be proven by reason alone |
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Freud's life and death and instincts |
Life instinct = Eros Death instinct = Thanatos |
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Six aspects of the human person |
The importance of.... 1)Others 2)direction in life 3)communication and language 4)character and one's body 5)conscience 6)the development of one's conscience |
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Narcissism |
A disorder marked by self-absorption to the exclusion of others |
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Conscience |
The inner voice that tells us right from wrong. Calls us to "Love and to do what is good and to avoid evil" |
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Freud's views of conscience |
The Id: The unconscious instinctual drives (hunger, thirst) The superego: other views of right or wrong super imposed on us (parents, teachers) we act out of a sense of guilt of others Ego: our own views of right and wrong and the willingness to accept responsibility for our choices. |
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Three senses of conscience |
Conscience as capacity: to know and do good and avoid evil.
Conscience as process: knowing how to perceive and think correctly. seeking truth and making it ones own conscience.
Conscience as judgement: making a moral judgement. |
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Covenant |
God's bond of love that causes us and our freedom to respond in love. God's commitment is forever |
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Revelation |
God makes himself known to us through Jesus, Scriptures and the Holy Spirit |
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Moses |
Profit as an infant, raised by pharaohs daughter, identified with Jews. God revealed himself to Moses |
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Moses mission |
To be an intermediary between God and his people. To save the Jews from slavery and lead them into the promised land Moses received the 10 Commandments on Mount Sinai |
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Decalogue |
10 commandments (10 words) |
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Sin |
Referred to as transgression from God Turning away from right actions Breaking the moral Commandments |
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Exegesis |
The study of Scripture in its original context. It looks at the language, the historical context in which these text originally written, the religious traditions etc. |
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Hermeneutics |
The task of interpretation Looking at scripture and interpreting it in light of the 21st-century |
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Matthews gospel |
Jesus is the long-awaited Messiah. He is the ultimate teacher (rabbi). Jesus is the law and the law is love. Jesus is the new Torah and proclaims the fulfilment of the Torah |
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Parousia |
The second coming of Christ which is to take place at the end of time |
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Eschatological |
Pertaining to the end of time or the fulness of time |
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Kingdom of God or the kingdom of heaven |
Not a place for the symbol or metaphor for God. God is not in a far-off place but is acting among us here and now |
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Sermon on the mount |
The platform for life given to the disciples and us. It is the old Tori revisited in the light of Jesus's teachings. It is the heart of Christian teachings based on love of God and love of neighbour |
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Grace |
Gods self gift for love in us and our participation in the relationship of love that is the Trinity |
