Immanuel Kant
According to Kant, what is a Maxim?
a principle you give yourself for/when acting. a theory of life that speaks to how you act in life.
The Roman Catholics stress to participate in society is also a responsibility. Key to this, is developing, nurturing, and maintaining this important thing among our neighbors. What is it?
Good Relationships
According to Genesis 3, how do we know that all human beings have a right to work?
Because God gives human beings work to do, and this presumes the right.
According to Existential Philosophy, if we say, "I couldn't help it. This is just the way I am." What does this deny?
Our responsibility or Free Will
A number of Roman Catholic Social Teaching bases its theology from one particular book of the Bible. Which book of the Bible have we referenced the most this semester to speak towards Social Justice in a theological way?
the book of Genesis
How does each philosophical side gain knowledge:
1. Empiricists
2. Rationalists
1. Empiricists: by experience
2. Rationalists: by reason
For Roman Catholics, this is the foundation and pillar of society. This institution is the basic building block for society as a whole. What is it?
Marriage and/or the Family
Roman Catholics argue, that a basic moral test for any society is...what?
How that society's most poorest and vulnerable members are doing.
According to Existentialism, this is what we are now, currently; the ongoing life leading to our death. What is this concept called?
Becoming
In our lectures, we said the Garden of Eden was a type of this, where Heaven and Earth are united, and where God dwells with Creation. What is it?
a type of Temple
According to Kant, the sensible world has certain features that can be known "a priori". What does "a priori" mean?
knowing something by reason, without any experience
This is the Roman Catholic call to move beyond our individual selves, beyond our local communities, and realize we are one human family. Whatever our national, racial, ethnic, economic, and ideological differences, we are our brothers and sisters of the human race. Loving our neighbor has global dimensions in a shrinking world.
What is this principle called?
Solidarity
At times, the teachings of Christianity call the believer in Christ that is more fortunate and successful to do what?
to renounce some of their rights, and place their goods in the service of others so that they might enjoy these privileges too.
According to Existentialism, this is what humans are when they die. Their life complete, we can now know altogether what their character is. What is this concept called?
Being
How did Adam and Eve show their exploitation of earth in the story of the first sin, Genesis 3?
Kant places a difference between the world as we experience it (phenomena) and this, what he calls, noumena. What is noumena?
objects in the world as they exist in themselves
a principle of Roman Catholic social doctrine that teaches how all social bodies exist for the sake of the individual so that what individuals are able to do, society should not take over, and what small societies can do, larger societies should not take over. what is this called?
Subsidiarity
We covered two ways people remain in poverty:
1. differences in skill, ability, talent, or motivation.
2. differences in...???
What is the second?
differences in opportunities and access to opportunities
JP Sartre denies any divine essence upon creation. What does this mean?
There is no manufactured purpose or goal for anything in the universe. There is no such thing as human nature.
In the story, Adam becomes a caretaker for the earth. But in Temple language, Adam served as one of these, just like the Jewish Levites. What was Adam's office in the Garden of Eden?
a type of priest
In your own words, and to the best of your ability, name any one of Kant's two Categorical Imperatives.
1. Act only on that maxim that you can consistently will to be a universal law.
2. Always treat people (including yourself) as an end in themselves and never as a means to your own ends.
the call to participation in family and community includes realizing three areas of life that are crucial for loving your neighbor as yourself and working for equality. what are the three areas?
Economics, Politics, Law
Why are Christian goals sometimes at odds with Capitalistic goals?
Because the goal of Capitalism is to make money and build markets, but Christianity calls us to love, give to others, and at times, do without for ourselves.
According to Existentialism, what does it mean for a human being to be free?
We are responsible for ourselves and our choices. If we are acting a certain, we decided on that for ourselves. We have nobody else to blame.
According to the story, how do we know that, before the fall, Adam was like a King?
God gives him authority over all the earth; to build and spread out throughout the earth.