Theology Unit 2

1. Search out the facts, 2. Think, 3. Others (seek help), 4. Pray for guidance

a decision-making process that attends to the implications and consequences of an action or choice

the moral virtue that inclines you to discern a moral life and to choose the means to accomplish it. It forms your character

Right reason in action

Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance

can have big consequences

Ten Commandments (what)

moral object, intention, circumstances

1. Keep the intention good (why), 2. The end does not justify the means (how)

Can diminish or increase one's responsibility for an action (who, when, where, how)

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (Circumstances cannot change the immorality of something inherently wrong)

Think about the consequences and alternatives to an action

Others can help you make moral choices.

Magisterium

infallible (Holy Spirit)

Conversation with God:

1. Praise

2. Thank

3. Repent

4. Pray for others

5. Pray for self

mental search or quest

mental prayer

To be comforted and close to God

To be hopeless and far from God

aids you in distinguishing between trials (necessary for growth in virtue) and temptations (lead to sin and death)

Aristotle

Any thing has a defined form and a defined function (the end goal that guides our actions)

It means that we have rational thought and needs

Prudence (practical wisdom)

final goal

We aim for good, but it is connected to emotion and desire

A virtue that inclines us towards excellence (can become excessive)

Belief (Knowledge itself is useless)

Flourishing (true happiness, not pleasure)

Life skills

Incontinence

Doing the wrong thing despite knowing the right reason

Doing the right thing, the right way, with the right reason, and the right feeling

Doing the right thing, the right way, with the right reason, but wrong feeling

1. Every human pursuit aims at good

2. Different actions have different ends

3. Aim for the greater ends, not the minor ones

1. The thing that motivates your actions is good, and knowledge of this would provide an aim for one's life

2. The study of ethics and politics are related given that they both aim for the good

3. The good of the whole is better than that of an individual

A person that displays practical wisdom and or eudemonia

It is an example of incontinence. ("I know indeed what evil I intend to do")