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Moral Theology: Living in Christ
McWhorter Exam 2
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 4
11/07/2011

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Circumstances
Definition
extrinsic aspects of a common human act
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Consequences
Definition
indirect unintended effects of a common human act
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Intention
Definition
remote end primarily intended by the agent
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Intrinsic moral evils, Inherently privative moral acts
Definition
slavery, deportation, adultery, fornication, incest, direct abortion, arbitrary imprisonment
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Mitigating circumstances
Definition
environment/family habituation, social pressure, duress/force, emergency, non-culpable ignorance, inadvertance/vs. negligence, fear, habit, attachment
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moral object
Definition
proximate end secondarily intended by the agent, freely chosen means
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Stage of the moral act
Definition
1) interior acts-presentation/appetites 2) will 3) attraction 4) intention 5) counsel(prudence comes into play) 6) choice 7) consent 8) command-exterior acts 9) execution 10) use 11) attainment 12) enjoyment
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Aspects of the moral act
Definition
who, what, why, by what assistances, where, when, how
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casuistry
Definition
closely relates moral prudence with jurisprudence
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Theological Virtues
Definition
Charity - perfection of the will to do good for others
Hope - perfects the will in endurance
Faith - perfects the human intellect in truth
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civil/political virtue vs. Christian moral virtue
Definition
Civil Virtue concerns the end of the political common good, perfects the person as a citizen in the "city of man". can coexist with mortal sin and lack of charity. "city of man" vs. "city of God"
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Conditions of the object
Definition
those aspects of the individual moral act which are inherent to the exterior moral act as an object of free choice and can be commonly evaluated )the object of adultery involves the condition "spouse of another" in relation to the aspect "who"
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Grave Culpability (mortal sin)
Definition
must be grave matter, full knowledge, their will has to choose that act freely
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Pardonable Culpability (venial sin)
Definition
object is intrinsic evil, possible moral ignorance
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imputability
Definition
Concerns whether bad indirect consequences are attributable, ascribable to a responsible agent
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double effect
Definition
father leaves his baby in the car to run into grocery store, no intended evil, but baby dies bc of heat exhaustion.
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false virtue
Definition
apparent, counterfeit virtue. It is false because Christ is not the final intention
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Intentionalism
Definition
gives primary emphasis to the agents intention of a remote end in moral evaluation (abelard)
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Genuine Circumstances
Definition
those aspects of an individual moral act which are extrinsic to the external moral act as a common object of free choice (the circumstances "where" for murder)
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imputability criteria for indirect bad effects
Definition
1) negligence 2) culpable ignorance 3) foreseeability and possible avoidance 4) disproportionate means
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Moral virtues
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1) Justice-irascibility/perfection of human will to desire what is fair 2) Temperance-concupisence 3) Fortitude-the will 4) Prudence-practical intellect/discerns the best means to attain a desired end
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Consequentialism
Definition
Proportionalism (teaches that that choice is morally right which involves the greater proportion of good consequences in contrast to bad consequences)
Utilitarianism (emphasizes the utility of means in securing the greatest good for the greatest number)
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Results of Grave Imputability (mortal sin)
Definition
Destroys charity of the human soul, loss of sanctifying grace, loss of the beatific vision
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Nominalism
Definition
belief that commonalities (moral good/evil) are just words and concepts
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Situationalism
Definition
gives primary emphasis to the genuine circumstances of the individual moral act (like circumstantialism)
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Virtue
Definition
a habit, an excellence. 3 kinds -- moral/cardinal-involves a mean between excess and defect established by human intelligence and God, theological-does not involve a mean
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