Virtue and Vice
This moral philosophy emphasizes character and the development of virtues rather than rules or consequences.
What is virtue ethics?
This philosopher is most associated with the Socratic Method.
Who is Socrates?
This Greek word means "end" or "purpose" in philosophy.
What is 'telos'
The problem of evil questions how this type of God can allow suffering.
What is an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent God?
All Powerful, Knowing, Good.
This Pope wrote Rerum Novarum in 1891 to address the rights of workers and economic justice.
Who is Pope Leo XIII?
This ancient philosopher believed that a just society ensures individuals can fulfill their highest potential, linking justice to one's purpose.
Aristotle
The Socratic Method primarily involves this type of conversational technique.
What is questioning or dialectic?
According to Catholic teaching, the ultimate telos of humanity is this.
What is Union with God?
(Right Relationship)
This type of theodicy argues that evil is allowed because it ultimately results in a beneficial outcome.
What is the Greater Good Theodicy?
This major critique of capitalism in Rerum Novarum argues that without moral and legal protections, workers can be unfairly treated and underpaid.
It often leads to the exploitation of workers?
This Catholic teaching aligns with virtue ethics by emphasizing moral character and human dignity as a foundation for ethical behavior.
What is Catholic Social Teaching?
Aristotle believed that justice is achieved when individuals are able to fulfill this.
What is their telos?
This philosophical theory argues that the physical world is only a shadow of a higher, unchanging reality consisting of perfect, eternal, and abstract "Ideas" or "_________".
What is the primary idea of Plato’s Theory of Forms?
What is Forms?
This biblical book tells the story of a man who suffers greatly despite being righteous, raising questions about divine justice.
What is the Book of Job?
Rerum Novarum critiques this economic system for exploiting workers and prioritizing profit over human dignity.
What is capitalism?
Components necessary to identify “mortal” sin (3):
involves a “grave matter”
committed with full knowledge
committed with deliberate and full consent
In The Republic, Plato compares the philosopher-king’s journey to enlightenment to this famous allegory.
What is the Allegory of the Cave?
this ideal ruler is a wise and just leader who, having true knowledge of the Forms, especially the Form of the Good, is best suited to govern society.
What (who) is the Philosopher-King?
Augustine’s view of evil as a lack or corruption of good is called this.
What is the privation of good?
According to Rerum Novarum, employers have this key responsibility toward workers.
What is providing fair wages and humane working conditions?
This medieval Catholic philosopher incorporated Aristotle’s concept of telos into Christian theology.
Who is Thomas Aquinas?
Plato argues that philosopher-kings are the best rulers because their education allows them to rule with this virtue.
What is wisdom?
This economic and political system is characterized by collective or government ownership and control of the means of production, aiming to reduce inequality and provide for the common good.
What is socialism?
: The soul-making theodicy, developed by this philosopher, suggests that suffering contributes to moral and spiritual growth.
Who is John Hick?
n Rerum Novarum, Pope Leo XIII condemned this ideology for its tendency to undermine the role of the family, private property, and social order, asserting that it often leads to class struggles.
What is socialism?