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Etymology of philosophy

Philos - love


sophia - wisdom

Science which studies the final or ultimate causes of all things in the light of human reason

Philosophy

Etymology of theology

Theos - God


Logos - Study


science or study of God

Theology relies on

Divine revelation

Through revelation

God makes himself know as well as his plan for salvation




Establishes his relationship with humanity

Divine revelation can only be accepted with_______

FAITH

REVELATION IS GOD'S_______

INITIATIVE

characteristic way of doing things,or a body of customs

ethos

It is the science of the morality of human acts.

Ethics

Two divisions of Ethics

General ethics


Special Ethics

concerns the individual and what he ought to do to live happy and fruitfullife in this world

General Ethics

concerns the individual as a member of society. All problems concerning society and the social order are taken up.

Special Ethics

THE IMPERATIVES OF ETHICS

1. the existence of God or a Supreme Being




2. theexistence of human freedom;




3. the existence of an afterlife, i.e., life beyond the grave, or the immortality of thesoul

sine qua non

those with which

those with which

sine qua non

quality of goodness or badness ofhuman acts. It is also the rightness or wrongness of human acts as they conformor do not conform to standards

morality

that are done with full knowledge and full willingness or deliberation.

Human acts

Acts that are done without full knowledge or full willingness or deliberation or both

Acts of Man

Interiority of the person





Ethics of Being

Interiority of the person get expressed in behavior





Ethics of Doing

FiveGuidelines to the Development of Moral Theology

1.Vocationof the Christian


2.LoveGod through one’sneighbor


3.MoreBiblical


4.MoreScientific


5.OnGoing Task

Enumerate the Threats to life

A. Whatever is opposed to life


B. Whatever violates the integrity of a human person


C. Whatever insults human dignity

Actions are always expression of a person.

Ethics of Being

It asks: What sort of person should I become because I believe in Christ?

Ethics of Being

Character

Ethics of Being

Rightactions come from a good person

Ethics of Doing

Attends not only to the duties and obligations of the person acting but also to the circumstances which make up the moral situation

Ethics of Doing

It pays attention to what is happening to the person performing actions rather than on the actions the person performs.

Ethics of Being

It asks: What sort of action should I perform because I believe in Christ?

Ethics of Doing

Action

Ethics of Doing

- Call to Holiness


-Invitation from Christ to a personal response of love.

1.Vocationof the Christian

- The life of Christian must live dailyin word and deed.


-As a service for others not purely between God and individual.

2.LoveGod through one’sneighbor

- More thoroughly nourished by scripturalteaching.


-Imbued with a deeper sense of the Word of God as revealed in scripture and of the history of Man’ssalvation revealed in the bible.

3.MoreBiblical

- Socially oriented and must come intogrips with contemporary problems.

5.On Going Task

- constant dialogue with other field ofstudy.

4.MoreScientific

Thepresent generation is characterized by_________

bythe extraordinary increase and gravity of threats to life

THETHREATS TO LIFE DIRECTLY AFFLICT THE ___________

WEAK AND THE DEFENSELESS

Enumerate the threats to life

A.WHATEVERIS OPPOSED TO LIFE




B. WHATEVER VIOLATES THE INTEGRITYOF THE HUMAN PERSON




C. WHATEVERINSULTS HUMAN DIGNITY

Whatever is opposed to life

Murder, genocide, abortion,euthanasia, suicide

Whatever violates the integrity of the human person

mutilation, torments inflicted onbody and mind

Whatever insults human dignity

Subhuman living conditions slavery


imprisonment


humantrafficking


disgracefulworking conditions

Enumerate


ROOTS AND SOURCES OF CONTEMPORARYMORAL TRENDS

1. Profound Crisis of Culture


2. Existentialand Interpersonal difficulties


3. Situations of Acute Poverty, Anxietyor Frustration

pattern of human knowledge, customary belief, and behavior of a racial, religious, or social group




the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place or time




the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices

Culture

Cause and effects of


Profound Crisis of Culture

CAUSE: Skepticismin relation to the foundations of knowledge and ethics




EFFECTS: difficultyin grasping clearly:-The meaning of human existence-The meaning of man’s rights and duties

groundedin existence or the experience of existence




Aggravatedby the complexity of society where people nolonger want to take responsibility for their neighbors

EXISTENTIAL