Arguments for God's Existence
Something...
exists
What is ultimate happiness/the ultimate end/ happiness?
the ultimate good will satisfy...
What is the human will.
something that makes me happy, but may not make others happy
human beings always act for...
If that which puts something else in motion is itself moving, there must be yet something...
further moving it, and so on.
conducive to well-being & happiness, desirable
What is good?
infinite Truth will satisfy...
What is the human intellect?
fails to satisfy the human person because it can be taken from us, can be used for evil, was made for man and not man for it, and is only a means to an end rather than an end itself
What is money?
the way human beings choose to get to their end is called...
What is the means?
This something either...
caused itself to exist, was caused to exist by another, has always existed.
That which seems good but is not truly good for us
What is an apparent good?
the name for the oneness with God in which we will finally be satisfied
What is the Beatific Vision?
If I have all of my bodily goods and goods of the soul fulfilled, am I fully happy? Why or why not?
No because you have to be transformed by these goods and because these are all limited, but we are made for unlimited goodness and Truth.
Human beings always seek...
what they perceive as good
Things that lack intelligence always act for an end. This is evident from their...
acting always, or nearly always, in the same way, so as to obtain the best result.
A self-evident truth that serves as a starting point of our reasoning
What is a first principle?
How do we know what will satisfy a particular kind of being?
We look at its nature.
What do all of the candidates for happiness have in common?
What is that they are goods and are finite?
Is it enough to just possess what you love? Why or why not?
No, we must also be transformed by what we love
Finish this statement: There cannot be an infinite series of essential causes...
because without a first cause, there would be no subsequent causes.
judging whether voluntary acts lead to happiness
What is the formal object of Ethics?