Unit 1
Mitigating Circumstance
Circumstances that make an act less severe
Authentic Good
Making love our priority. We understand love as the unfailing commitment to the well-being of each other. It must always be our fundamental option in life.
Dignity
Respect; all of human life is sacred and has inherent worth; every person is required to be treated with respect.
Conscience
Moral decision-making involving
Love
The Steadfast commitment to the well-being of the other
Aggravating Cirumstance
Circumstances that make an act more severe
Culpability
Degree of responsibility
Stewardship
Care, Humanity has the right to protect the planet and the responsibility to manage and care for God’s creation
Free will/rights
The ability to make choices
Justice
What love looks like in public
Purpose
A person's intention with an act
Indoctrination (positive)
Direct influence for the good; teachers
Solidarity
Inclusion, All people are a part of a single human family, requiring a commitment to the common good
Responsibility/duties
The need to limit my choices
social sin
A sin done by a large group of people to another large group of people
Social Contract
A set of unwritten rules that a society operates by in order to keep order and thrive
Indoctrination (negative)
Direct influence for the bad; peer pressure
Common Good
The complete development of the people in the world; “reach their fulfillment”
Theological virtues
Fides (Faith)
Spes (Hope)
Caritas (Charity)
living wage
Workers have a right to a living wage, ensuring basic rights for all citizens.
Act/Intent/Circumstances
SPIDER CHART: The actual act/the person's intention with that act/circumstances that make that act more/less severe.
Ethics
A science/system that guides our judgments and actions concerning what is good or bad in the light of human reason and experience.
Kingdom of God
The place of faithfulness and justice. Even though perfection on earth isn't possible, we must try to build the Kingdom of God
Cardinal virtues
Prudence
Temperance
Fortitude
Justice
Marginalization
People pushed out to the far ends of society