Vocab
Making good decisions in specific circumstances
Prudence
Trusting in God's loving plan
Hope
A habit of doing what is good
The philosophy that equates social law with morality
Utilitarianism
Being fair and giving each his due
Justice
Believing in God and all He has revealed
Faith
Being brave and strong in the face of trials
Example: St. Joan of Arc
Fortitude
A philosophy that equates pleasure and morality
Hedonism
Loving God with all your heart, mind, and strength
Charity
The quality of human actions whereby they are right or wrong in accordance with God's law
Morality
The study of wisdom
Philosophy
Enjoying things in a proper balanced way
Temperance
God's voice within us that allows us to use reason in order to judge right from wrong
Conscience
The philosophy that knowledge comes from experience
Empiricism
A philosophy that equates virtue with morality
Stoicism
A philosophy that holds that moral principles are a matter of individual preference based on personal experience
Relativism
A philosophy that equates social law with morality
Sophism