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Etymology of philosophy |
Philos - love sophia - wisdom |
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Science which studies the final or ultimate causes of all things in the light of human reason |
Philosophy |
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Etymology of theology |
Theos - God Logos - Study science or study of God |
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Theology relies on |
Divine revelation |
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Through revelation |
God makes himself know as well as his plan for salvation Establishes his relationship with humanity |
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Divine revelation can only be accepted with_______ |
FAITH |
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REVELATION IS GOD'S_______ |
INITIATIVE |
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characteristic way of doing things,or a body of customs |
ethos |
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It is the science of the morality of human acts. |
Ethics |
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Two divisions of Ethics |
General ethics Special Ethics |
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concerns the individual and what he ought to do to live happy and fruitfullife in this world |
General Ethics |
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concerns the individual as a member of society. All problems concerning society and the social order are taken up. |
Special Ethics |
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THE IMPERATIVES OF ETHICS |
1. the existence of God or a Supreme Being 2. theexistence of human freedom; 3. the existence of an afterlife, i.e., life beyond the grave, or the immortality of thesoul |
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sine qua non |
those with which |
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those with which |
sine qua non |
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quality of goodness or badness ofhuman acts. It is also the rightness or wrongness of human acts as they conformor do not conform to standards |
morality |
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that are done with full knowledge and full willingness or deliberation. |
Human acts |
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Acts that are done without full knowledge or full willingness or deliberation or both |
Acts of Man |
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Interiority of the person |
Ethics of Being |
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Interiority of the person get expressed in behavior |
Ethics of Doing |
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FiveGuidelines to the Development of Moral Theology |
1.Vocationof the Christian 2.LoveGod through one’sneighbor 3.MoreBiblical 4.MoreScientific 5.OnGoing Task |
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Enumerate the Threats to life |
A. Whatever is opposed to life B. Whatever violates the integrity of a human person C. Whatever insults human dignity |
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Actions are always expression of a person. |
Ethics of Being |
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It asks: What sort of person should I become because I believe in Christ? |
Ethics of Being |
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Character |
Ethics of Being |
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Rightactions come from a good person |
Ethics of Doing |
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Attends not only to the duties and obligations of the person acting but also to the circumstances which make up the moral situation |
Ethics of Doing |
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It pays attention to what is happening to the person performing actions rather than on the actions the person performs. |
Ethics of Being |
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It asks: What sort of action should I perform because I believe in Christ? |
Ethics of Doing |
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Action |
Ethics of Doing |
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- Call to Holiness -Invitation from Christ to a personal response of love. |
1.Vocationof the Christian |
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- The life of Christian must live dailyin word and deed. -As a service for others not purely between God and individual. |
2.LoveGod through one’sneighbor |
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- More thoroughly nourished by scripturalteaching. -Imbued with a deeper sense of the Word of God as revealed in scripture and of the history of Man’ssalvation revealed in the bible. |
3.MoreBiblical |
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- Socially oriented and must come intogrips with contemporary problems. |
5.On Going Task |
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- constant dialogue with other field ofstudy. |
4.MoreScientific |
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Thepresent generation is characterized by_________ |
bythe extraordinary increase and gravity of threats to life |
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THETHREATS TO LIFE DIRECTLY AFFLICT THE ___________ |
WEAK AND THE DEFENSELESS |
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Enumerate the threats to life |
A.WHATEVERIS OPPOSED TO LIFE B. WHATEVER VIOLATES THE INTEGRITYOF THE HUMAN PERSON C. WHATEVERINSULTS HUMAN DIGNITY |
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Whatever is opposed to life |
Murder, genocide, abortion,euthanasia, suicide |
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Whatever violates the integrity of the human person |
mutilation, torments inflicted onbody and mind |
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Whatever insults human dignity |
Subhuman living conditions slavery imprisonment humantrafficking disgracefulworking conditions |
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Enumerate ROOTS AND SOURCES OF CONTEMPORARYMORAL TRENDS |
1. Profound Crisis of Culture 2. Existentialand Interpersonal difficulties 3. Situations of Acute Poverty, Anxietyor Frustration |
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pattern of human knowledge, customary belief, and behavior of a racial, religious, or social group the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place or time the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices |
Culture |
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Cause and effects of Profound Crisis of Culture |
CAUSE: Skepticismin relation to the foundations of knowledge and ethics EFFECTS: difficultyin grasping clearly:-The meaning of human existence-The meaning of man’s rights and duties |
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groundedin existence or the experience of existence Aggravatedby the complexity of society where people nolonger want to take responsibility for their neighbors |
EXISTENTIAL |