The Pursuit of Happiness
These are the three things every human being longs for
What are happiness, meaning, and fulfillment?
This is the innermost spiritual part of a person.
What is the soul?
This was the first sin committed by Adam and Eve.
What is Original Sin?
Being made in God's image means that we are not meant to live alone; we are these kinds of beings.
What are social beings?
Name the three types of justice studied in this chapter.
What are commutative, distributive, and legal justice?
Human beings seek happiness because they are made in this.
What is the image of God?
Together, these two parts form one human nature.
What are the body and soul?
Original Sin removed these two gifts from humanity.
What are Original Justice and Original Holiness?
Our faith calls us to address social problems and promote this good shared by everyone.
What is the common good?
This type of justice deals with fairness between individual people.
What is commutative justice?
Wealth, power, pleasure, and popularity are examples of these.
What are false goods or earthly desires?
This gift allows us to think and understand.
What is the intellect?
This word means the inclination or tendency to sin found in all human beings.
What is concupiscence?
The lesson taught that true happiness is this kind of happiness.
What is shared happiness?
This type of justice deals with how society distributes benefits, resources, and responsibilities.
What is distributive justice?
Earthly happiness does not last forever, so the lesson described it with this word.
What is temporary or finite?
This gift allows us to make our own choices.
What is free will?
Individual sin can grow into this kind of sin that affects society.
What is social sin?
This word describes people who are pushed aside or excluded from society.
Who are the marginalized?
This type of justice concerns what citizens owe to society, including following just laws.
What is legal justice?
According to St. Augustine, our hearts remain restless until they rest in this person.
Who is God?
This gift means that we are made for relationships with God and other people.
What is communion?
Sin distorts our pursuit of happiness by leading us toward these instead of God.
What are false goods or earthly desires?
Christians are called to help the mistreated and suffering by using these things given by God.
What are our gifts, such as free will, intellect, and reason?
All three types of justice should work toward this goal for the entire community.
What is the common good?