The Human Person
This is the study of who human beings are according to the Christian tradition.
What is Christian Anthropology?
This is the idea that humans lack free will.
What is determinism?
If I clean my room because my mom threatened to ground me if I don't, I'm acting from this stage of Kohlberg's moral development.
What is obedience/punishment orientation? (1)
This involves using rewards or punishments to induce a specific behavior.
What is operant conditioning?
“This tendency might be phrased as the desire to become more and more what one is, to become everything that one is capable of becoming.” This quote from Abraham Maslow describes this.
What is self-actualization?
In Christianity the body and soul have this relationship.
What is: they are united and both necessary?
Catholics believe that humans are given this, which is the capacity to choose the good
What is free will?
If I do my homework because I get to play video games once it is done, I'm acting out of this stage of Kohlberg's moral development.
What is self-interest orientation? (2)
This thinker is associated with a theory of moral development that involves heteronomous and autonomous phases.
Who was Jean Piaget?
This quote from Pope Francis expresses this concept: "We have to realize that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor."
What is stewardship?
Human beings are this - showing that we have been created as the greatest of all God's creations.
What is the summit of creation?
"It is a hard knowledge to face, but we must confront the truth that when we die, we simply cease to be" expresses this philosophy.
What is materialism?
If I tuck in my shirt in the hallway because that's what the handbook says to do, I'm functioning from this stage of Kohlberg's moral development.
What is authority & social order orientation (4)?
Ronald Dworkin defines these as "having a sphere of activity or an area of one’s life protected from outside interference."
What are rights?
This thinker advocated that the most just society for all would be conceived from behind a “veil of ignorance” where “no one knows his place in society” or his “fortune in the distribution of natural assets and abilities?”
Who was John Rawls?
Sometimes in Christian art, Mary is pictured stomping on a snake or serpent which represents this scriptural idea.
What is the protoevangelium?
This is compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.
What is mercy?
If I do the dishes because that's what a good mom should do, I'm operating from this stage of Kohlberg's moral development.
What is interpersonal accord or harmony orientation (or conformity) (3)?
A right which entitles someone to a service or requires someone else to perform a duty is known as this type of right.
What is a positive right?
This thinker wrote: "We need to rethink our understanding of moral development and include a feminist perspective that values relationships and empathy."
Who is Carol Gilligan?
This is the state of existence of humanity before original sin.
What is original harmony or original justice?
In Christian theology, our inclination to choose the selfish action is called this.
What is concupiscence?
If I work for human rights for all, even people who are different from me, I'm operating from this level of Kohlberg's moral development.
What is universal principles orientation (6)?
This is the practical refutation of determinism.
What is "we have no choice but to believe we are free" or "society depends on us believing we are free?"
This quotation from Mother Mary Skobtsova “...give from the heart since each person is the very icon of God incarnate in the world” exhibits this principle.
What is inherent dignity or imago dei?