Morality Chapter 1

What are the two requirements of the common good?

1) Respect the basic, inalienable rights of each human being 2) Promote the social well-being and development of various social groups

How do we become children of God and brothers and sisters to our Lord Jesus?

By virtue of God's free gift of adoption, we become children of God and brothers and sisters to our Lord Jesus.

Saint Maximilian Kilns was a martyr of....

Charity

Solidarity is the Christian virtue of social _______ or friendship. It gives us the spirit of _______ to share both our ______ and spiritual gifts with others, especially the ________ ones.

Charity, generosity, material, forgotten

Free will means that we have the ability to _______ from among alternatives.

Choose

The catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that it is in _______ that man has been created in the image and likeness of the creator.

Christ

The starting point for morality is to admit that we are...

Creatures, not God

Why is dignity inherent, inviolable, and inalienable in human beings?

Dignity is inherent because it is an essential characteristic of being human. It is inviolable because no one has the right to violate or profane it. It is inalienable because it cannot be taken away by anyone.

What did God give to humans?

Dominion over creatures of the earth

True or false? Saint Maximilian Kolbe was condemned to death at the Auschwitz death camp after trying to escape from the camp.

False, He took the place of a man who had a wife and children and who was condemned to death

True or false? Morality is internal and helps us act in conformity with the universal laws and truth God has established.

False, Morality is not a barrier to our freedom but a condition of authentic self realization.

True or false? True freedom is the ability to do whatever we want whenever we want to do it.

False, True freedom is not the power to do whatever we like but to choose what is good.

True or false? Although males and females are both beautiful creatures made by God, God made males superior to females.

False. Males and females were made to be equal in dignity.

God created men and women to be what?

Fruitful and multiply

What happens when humans fail to be responsible caretakers of God's good gifts?

Harm results. For example, the abuse of the environment, deforestation, and overconsumption

Free will enables us to rise above _______ and environment into exercise some control over our _______.

Heredity, lives

Go created human beings in his own what?

Image

Jesus is God ________.

Incarnate

Human beings possess what?

Incomparable dignity, value, and worth

What is difficult because of advertisements, peer pressure, and false beliefs which tug at us to conform?

Individuality

The catechism of the Catholic Church states that larger societies should support the participation of __________ without taking over functions they can do for themselves.

Individuals

What does it mean to say that males and females are "complementary"

Males and females are complementary because we complete and fulfill each other. Man and woman were created to be helpmates.

What behaviors are antithetical to respect?

Manipulation, humiliation, exploitation, violence, and disrespect

The good news of salvation is the redeeming person and _______ of Jesus Christ given to us by God, our loving father.

Message

It is part of our social _______ to live in various ________ which are bound by a principle of _______. This is a mirror of the ________ community of love: father, son, and Holy Spirit.

Nature, societies, unity, perfect

How is the union of a male and female in marriage an intrinsic part of God's creation plan?

Only through the committed and sacramental union of a husband and wife in marriage can the natural procreation and education of children take place in a secure and nurturing setting.

What have all humans throughout history suffered the consequences of?

Original sin

What awesome capacities did god endow human beings with?

Our intellects, free will, our ability to love, to be responsible, and to grow

How are we expected to express and live out the vocation to love in our relationships?

Our vocation is to treat each other as sisters and brothers under a common heavenly father and to establish communities that benefit each person.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the human _______ should be the subject and object of every day society with the right and duty to ________ in that society, guided by ________ which must be devoted to the common _______ and must exercise power morally.

Person, participate, authority figures, good

Jesus is love in its most ________ form as evidenced in contemplating the ________ Christ.

Pure, crucified

What value is a cornerstone of Christian ethics?

Respect for human dignity

Being ________ creatures draws attention to the fact that humans are ________ creatures with a body and a _______.

Sexual, composite, soul

Human beings are not just somethings but...

Someones

The human _______ includes our ______ nature and gives us incomparable dignity.

Soul, spiritual

What kind of beings are humans?

Spiritual

What is the principle of subsidiarity?

Subsidiarity is a teaching that says that a higher unit or class of society should not do what a lower unit or class can do as well or better.

What is the point of the second creation story account in Genesis chapter 2?

The point of this second creation account is to assert the fundamental goodness of human beings who were created for friendship with God.

What is the proof of our fundamental goodness?

The proof of our fundamental goodness is that God so loved us that he gave his only son so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but have eternal life.

The spiritual nature gives us the ability to do what?

Think, make choices, and to love

In what ways is humanity like an enormous spiderweb?

This image suggests that if we touch the web anywhere, the whole thing trembles. Thus, if we are kind, our loving touch affects the whole web of relationships for good.

What did Jesus game for us through the Paschal mystery?

Through the Paschal mystery, Jesus saved us from death and one for us a ternal life with the Triune God.

What is the message of this chapter?

To act like a human

True or false? Humans have a capacity to grow both individually and collectively.

True

True or false? No other creature can respond to God in faith and in love except human beings.

True

True or false? Personal sacrifice is not a sign of authentic love.

True

Society should promote ________ and challenge individuals to turn away from ______, serve others justly, and contribute their gifts and _________.

Virtue, sin, talents,

Why are we accountable for choices?

We are accountable for our choices because they result in actions that express and determine the goodness of the evil of the person performing them.

In what ways are humans unique?

We are the only creatures on earth that God willed for their own sake. God created everything for humans and put us in charge of the rest of creation.

What Godlike qualities do human beings possess?

We possess the abilities to think, love, choose, and relate to others in community.

Sin harms our communities, often polluting the way society works, especially harming the _______ and defenseless.

Weak

Humans have fallen victim to what?

Weakness, cowardice, avarice,