What does Catholic morality draw on as sources of knowledge to reach conclusions about how we should act?
Human Reason, Human Experience, Divine Revelation
100
Because God loves us, He has given us all ___________, which means that we are all priceless and have worth to the point where we should respect others and be respected by others
Dignity
100
The setting in which all moral actions occur that can determine to a certain extent the degree of fault that a person is responsible for is know as the ___________ of the act.
Circumstances
100
__________ refers to what human reason can discover about human nature and its moral duties independent of God’s gift of revelation.
Natural Law
100
The Latin phrase for being made in the image and likeness of God is
Imago Dei
200
What is the official teaching authority of the church?
Magisterium
200
Instilled by God in everyone’s soul is their ___________, which helps them to feel, know, and experience what is good or bad even when they may not understand good or bad or want to accept the good or bad.
Conscience
200
__________should be consulted or considered first and foremost in determining what is the right course of action in any given situation because direct involvement and knowledge can help guide proper action.
Others
200
______ is the full body of officially established rules governing the Catholic Church
Canon Law
200
__________ is removed at baptism and was the result of the fall of Adam and Eve
Original Sin
300
_______is who we really are and who we are becoming through our choices and actions. It is the part of us that does good or chooses evil.
Character
300
The philosophical position that argues freewill does not exist and is only an illusion is
Determinism
300
In order to discover the right course of action in any ethical circumstance or to even figure out what kind of life God is asking me to live, I must first ___________ God’s will and the best possible action.
Discern
300
The principle of Catholic social teaching that holds that a higher unit of society should not do what a lower unit can do as well or better is known as _______.
Subsidiarity
300
The power rooted in reason and will that enables a person to perform deliberate actions on one’s own responsibility is known as _________
Freedom
400
What are good habits or traits that bring us closer to others and God?
Virtue
400
The different options available to a person in any given circumstance is their degree of ______
Freedom
400
What is the point of living a moral life?
avoid hell, achieve heaven, find happiness, love God and others
400
____________ is the sum total of social conditions that allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily.
common good
400
Knowledge based on human experience, reason, and God’s revelation that discovers what we ought to do to live fully human lives is ____________:
Morality
500
What are bad habits or traits that bring us further from God and others?
Vice
500
___________ claims there is no meaning to existence, rejects all positive values, and believes in nothing.
Nihilism
500
Our free choices and our actions, which are outward expressions of our choices, form who we are. Our ____________is at the very heart of our self-chosen moral identity.
Character
500
What is is the Christian virtue of social charity and friendship?
Solidarity
500
What is a vocation?
Living out God’s plan for me in my moral life. Also known as a calling