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67 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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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 |
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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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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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 |
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Role of the Holy Spirit |
The promise of the presence of the Holy Spirit to guide the early disciples |
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Pentecost |
The birthday of the church When the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples and give them courage to preach the gospel regardless of the consequences |
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St. Paul |
Initially tried to eliminate early Christians. Was blinded by light from heaven and became a Christian. |
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Trinity |
God is an internal exchange of love. The central mystery of the Christian faith: the father, son and Holy Spirit |
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The church and moral teaching |
The church shapes moral character the church guards and maintains moral tradition the church is a community of moral deliberation whenever and wherever moral issues emerge |
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Levels of teaching authority |
1. The faithful 2. Theologians 3. Priests and Pastoral workers 4. (Magisterium) consisting of the pope and bishops |
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Name of God |
YHWH "I am who is, I am shall be" It was revealed to Moses by God |
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Scriptural basis for marriage (from genesis) |
One man and one woman joined and sharing all aspects of life together |
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Man's fall from grace (original sin) |
The human tendency to act against God and even our own good finds its origin in the disobedience of our first parents (Adam and eve) |
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Marriage and homosexuality |
Marriage is the permanent an exclusive union between a man and a woman |
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Permanency of marriage in the Catholic Church |
A valid marriage is permanent for life and is indissoluble. It is only dissolved in death. This is revealed in Scripture |
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Divorce and remarriage |
In order to remarry in the Catholic Church a person must have a legal divorce and and an annulment granted by the church |
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Conditions for a truly human and Sacramental love |
1) freedom 2) Fidelity 3) permanence 4) fruitfulness |
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Consent in marriage |
1) free consent of each partner 2) Love each other until death 3) Open to children |
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Family |
The place that we never stop learning how to love other people; those people who are closest to us |
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Characteristics of strong families |
Commitment appreciation communication time spiritual wellness coping ability |
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Faith formation |
Parents are the primary educators of their children in their spiritual and human development |
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Family as domestic church |
St. John Chrysostom in the fourth century declared that the family is a little church or domestic church |
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Agape |
The Greek term for unconditional and sacrificial love; the type of love with which God loves us |
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Anthropology |
The overall study of man and what it means to be human person |
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Birth control |
Normally refers to the general method of preventing pregnancy through various ways of altering or changing the body's natural state of fertility into a state of infertility |
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Contraception |
Every action before, during,or after sexual intercourse that deliberately attempts to impede its procreative potential |
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Corporal works of mercy |
Actions of love that meet the physical needs of others. Feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick etc. |
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Encyclical |
A letter written by the pope normally addressed to the bishops of the world usually intended to teach or clarify a doctrine of the faith |
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Fornication |
Having sex outside of marriage |
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Humanae Vitae |
Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical on human life. Explains why contraception is sinful for it separates the sexual act from one of its purposes: procreation |
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Language of the body |
The capability of the body to speak it's own language and to communicate without words |
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Language of love |
The words that speak truth and compassion. Specifically regarding the body, the truth and totality of self, communicated through the body in sexual intercourse |
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Natural family planning |
Refers to various effective, natural and moral methods for achieving or postponing pregnancy |
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New evangelization |
The special need to share the gospel with new enthusiasm and new methods. |
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Pornography |
The sexually explicit depiction of persons |
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Primordial sacrament |
The sacrament of marriage as it was in the beginning The original revelation of God's love in the world |
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Sacraments |
God's loving presence made visible in our lives. For example marriage |
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Spousal analogy |
The scriptural imagery used in the earthly understanding of marriage to convey the power and fidelity of God's love for humans and Christ's love for the church |
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Submission |
Surrendering to someone. In marriage it means deferring to each other in love |
