Rhetoric
The Common Good
Dignity of the Person
Family
Errors
100

What are the 3 modes of persuasion used in thetoric 

Logos, Ethos, Pathos.

100

unlike utilitarianism, which seeks the greatest good for the greatest number, Catholic Social Teaching defines the common good as applying to this proportion of society.

everyone (or all people / every single person)

100
What does Imago Dei mean

Image of God

100

Because it exists prior to the state and provides the foundational environment for nurturing life, Catholic Social Teaching considers the family to be the basic unit or "cell" of this.

Society

100

What is it called when you reduce one or more aspects of the human person

Reductionism

200

What is Rhetoric

The art of persuasion

200

Section 1906 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church states that the common good consists of three essential elements: respect for the person, social well-being/development, and this fundamental social condition.

Peace

200

The human person is unique in creation because they are hylomorphic which means

Made with a body and soul

200

In Catholic Social Teaching, parents—not the government—hold this primary responsibility and right regarding their children.

The right/duty of education (or moral and faith formation)

200

A form of Philosophy in which you reduce the human person merely to their utility value


Utilitarianism


300

This term describes the misuse of rhetoric or public speaking to manipulate others through lies and misinformation for personal gain.

Sophistry

300

This specific societal entity holds the primary responsibility and authority to defend and promote the common good when lower associations cannot achieve it alone.

The state (or government / public authority)?

300

his key element of human dignity refers to a person's innate power to choose the good, which makes individuals moral agents responsible for their actions.

Freewill

300

Derived from the Latin subsidium, this principle of Catholic Social Teaching dictates that higher levels of society or state should support families without usurping their authority or functions.

Subsidiarity

300

A form of spiritualism in which the body is seen as bad and the soul is seen as the only good trapped inside the body

Manisheanism

400

From the Catholic perspective rhetoric should be used to lead people to this.

Truth

400

Catholic Social Teaching emphasizes that the common good is not a collection of material things, but a set of these that allows every person to flourish.

social conditions

400

Grounded in the concept of communion, Catholic Social Teaching emphasizes that human dignity is not purely individualistic, but inherently includes this dimension because humans are made for relationship with others.

Social

400

The Church teaches that the family is the very first place children learn to practice this key virtue, which means caring for and sharing with others.

love (or charity/generosity)

400

Philosophy that says existince is meaningless

Nihilism

500

The fallacy that argues from authority

The Authority Fallacy

500

The common good requires that all members of society, especially marginalized groups, are granted this, enabling them to actively shape their community.

participation (or civic participation)

500

The Catholic Church believes that human beings must always be treated as an end, and never merely as this.

Means

500

The Catholic Church holds that the family is a unique "communion of persons," reflecting on earth the mystery of this central Christian doctrine.

The Trinity

500

The philosophy the believe that while there is no meaning to existence we can shape our own meaning and project it on to the universe

Neo-Nihilism

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