Key Terms 1
What is Solidarity?
Unity with and among people, based on common interests, values, and principles.
What is Private Property?
Something that is owned for one's exclusive use, or for one's exclusive control.
What is Penitent?
A person who recognizes his or her sinfulness, and touched by the grace of God, seeks reconciliation through the sacrament of reconciliation.
What is Ecology?
The study of the earth’s biosphere.
What is a Mortal Sin?
Sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent.
What is Distributive Justice?
It is the relationship of government to the individual, and the government's obligations.
What is Common Good?
As an individual or as groups to reach their own fulfillment easier, and more fully.
What is Dominion?
A Word used in Genesis to describe humankind’s rule over creation, so that right order may be achieved.
What is Theocentrism?
A worldview that considers God to be the most significant entity in the universe.
What is a Venial Sin?
Sin without full knowledge or without complete consent.
What is Economics?
Originally referred to the household and its management. Generally used to refer to the system of production, distribution and consumption of goods and services in a society.
What is Commutative Justice?
Pertains to contractual relationships between individuals, and between institutions that have the legal status of a person.
What is Stewardship?
A caring cooperation with God, a caring for creation with a sense of service, motivated by love.
What is Restorative Justice?
A process that brings together victims, offenders and the community in order to repair the harm and promote harmony.
What is Anthropocentrism?
A worldview that considers the human being as the most significant entity in the universe.
What is Legal Justice?
It's the relationship of the individual to society, based on law and the enforcement of law.
What is Righteous?
Acting in accord with divine or moral law.
What is a Preservationist?
One who views all living creatures as part of an integrated ecosystem, all having value in and of themselves.
What is a Globalist?
One who regards all elements of nature, living and non-living, as worthy of protection.
What is a Hierarchist?
The lower forms are meant to serve the higher forms.
What is the Golden Rule?
The golden rule is treating others the way you want to be treated.
What is a Conservationist?
One who sees nature as a resource to be preserved for wise human consumption.
What is Repentance?
The act by which a penitent recognizes his or her sinfulness, manifests contrition, and resolves to begin a new life by asking God’s pardon.
What is Absolution?
In the sacrament of reconciliation, the priest absolves the penitent from his or her sins.
What is Penance?
It may take the form of prayer, self-denial, or especially service to one’s neighbour and works of mercy.