Fr Gerber Theology Semester 2 Final

• What is ethics?

  involves the actions and character results of the Will
• What is the object, intention, and circumstances of an action?

  what is needed to judge the morality of an action, object - what is being done, intention - motive
• What is culpability?

  is the person responsible for an action, hero or criminal?
• List the Ten Commandments

  1. I am the Lord your God who freed you from slavery, you shall have no other Gods before me
  2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
  3. Remember to keep holy the Lord's day
  4. Honor your father and your mother
  5. You shall not kill
  6. You shall not commit adultery
  7. You shall not steal
  8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor
  9. You shall not covet your neighbor's husband or wife
  10. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods
• What is a virtue?

  a firm and habitual disposition to the good
• What is grace?

  power and gift from God given to the soul, which helps us to orient our actions to the good
• How are sin and temptation different?

  temptations happen spontaneously, sin requires engagement of our will
• What is justice?

  to give someone what is their due(what they are owed)
• What is the Good?

  the ultimate goal of a thing, the reason for which one was made
• What power of the soul pursues and is oriented to the good?

  grace
• What is meant by the statement "the ends do not justify the means"?

  it is not just to do a bad thing in order to achieve a good outcome
• What is the first principle or premise of Catholic Social Teaching?

  every person has supreme dignity
• What is the Hegelian Dialectic?

  a document by Hegel that states there will always be interactions that lead to revolution and change in ideas, life is a process and always changing
• What is Communism?

  a classless society, an attempt for everyone to be equal without government or hierarchy, Marx
• What is the Equal Chances Fallacy?

  because there are inequalities, it is evidence for discrimination and exploitation
• What is DEI?

  diversity, equity, and inclusion
• are all economic disparities and employment opportunities the result of discrimination?

  no because there are other factors that influence these aspects such as climate, geography, nutrition, parental relations, or how a child is raised
• what is cartesian dualism?

  a belief, scientifically unproven, that a healthy person is trapped in the wrong biologically sexed body
• what is materialism?

  a philosophical system that says that everything is reducible to the molecular level, everything is comprised of matter, there is no such thing as spirit or soul
• What is the highest virtue of justice?

  religion