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The inherent and unchanging value of all persons as a direct result of their being created by God in His image and likeness. |
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The "inclination to sin" that is present in all human beings, inherited through the sin of Adam and Eve. |
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The action of self-control that avoid (or abstains from) something. In this case, not engaging in sexual intercourse. |
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The unhealthy attempt to ignore (or bury) sexual desires rather than embracing them and allowing God to reorder what is disordered in them for the good of oneself and others. |
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The principle that recognizes that the only proper and adequate attitude toward human persons is love. The opposite of love is to use a person as a means to an end. |
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The Greek term for divine, unconditional love; the manner in which God loves us. |
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The philosophy of maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain, often at the expense of others. |
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Knowing of what ought to be done. |
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Who we are and who we are becoming through our choices and our actions. |
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Healthy, good habits that help us do good and empower us to become what God wants us to be. |
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The four virtues that support moral living. |
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The three important virtues received in Baptism. |
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View that there is no meaning to existence, a rejection of all possible values, and believes in nothing. |
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The power, rooted in reason and will that enables a person to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility. |
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Keen and insightful judgement about some important decision. |
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Deny that humans have the power to choose. |
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Accountable (our actions are our own, and they belong to us) |
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Light of understanding God has infused us to know right and wrong. |
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Devising self-serving excuses |
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Judgement of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he/she is going to perform, is in the process of performing, or has already completed. |
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Inclines us to choose evil, rather than good. |
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Conformity to standards / actions of members of the same age group |
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Jesus Christ - The Law of love.. Teaches us to stay on the right path and calls us to love as God loves. |
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The forgiveness of sins by God through a priest or religious member. |
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Failure to love God above all, and to love your neighbor as yourself. |
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Cycle of sin or injustice caused by individual sins. |
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The virtue that directs all our sexual desires, emotions, and attractions toward the dignity of the person and the real meaning of love. |
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