1 intro to morality

CHRISTIAN MORALITY

Loving God and Self

Aspects of Morality• A. The ability to know right

from wrong.The ability to know good from evil.

• B. The ability to distinguish what is appropriate from what is inappropriate.

• C. The commitment to do what is right.

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Christian Moral Living

• Christian morality is based on the teachings of Jesus and his Church through:

• The teachings of the Magisterium (Pope, bishops).

• The essence of Jesus’ teaching is love.

Christian Moral Living

• Jesus summarized the way we are to live when he taught:“You Shall love the the Lord, Your God, with all your soul, and your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22: 37-39

The Morality of Human Acts

• MORALITY is the quality of human act which makes us call some of them good and some of them evil (“Ethics” by Msgr. Glenn).

• QUALITY means character or nature belonging to or distinguishing a thing.

• HUMAN ACT is that which proceeds from deliberate “free will” (freedom) of man.

Difference between Human Act and Act of Man

• HUMAN ACT• any sort of activity

internal (mind) or external (hands) performed by a human being with freedom

Difference between Human Act and Act of Man

• ACT OF MAN• it is man’s act of sensation

(use of senses), and appetition or use of bodily tendencies (such as sweating…) without the use of freedom.

EXERCISES. Let’s see…DETERMINE IF THE FOLLOWING ACT IS HUMAN ACT OR ACT OF

MAN. Write H if it is a Human Act and A if it is an act of man.

1.Eating 12. saving2.Drinking 13. singing3.Urinating 14. loving4.Digesting 15. borrowing5.Changing clothes6.Playing computer7.Walking8.Smiling9.Talking10.Gossiping11.Cheating

ANSWERS

DETERMINE IF THE FOLLOWING ACT IS HUMAN ACT OR ACT OF MAN. Write H if it is a Human Act and A if it is an act of man.

1.Eating (A) 12. saving(H)2.Drinking(A) 13. singing(H)3.Urinating(A) 14. loving(H)4.Digesting(A) 15. borrowing(H)5.Changing clothes(H)6.Playing computer(H)7.Walking(A)8.Smiling(A)9.Talking(A)10.Gossiping(H)11.Cheating(H)

MORALITY therefore …

Is man’s response to God’s freely (choose or not to choose given love and His gift of Salvation.

THREE TYPES OF PERSON IN RELATION TO MORALITY

1. MORAL PERSONOne who correctly judges between right and

wrong and conscientiously acts on what is virtuous.

THREE TYPES OF PERSON IN RELATION TO MORALITY

1. IMMORAL PERSONOne who does not acts according to the

principle of what is right.

TYPES OF PERSON in relation to MORALITY

• AMORAL PERSON• Not concerned with

any standard; does not accept any concept of right or wrong

GENERAL NORMS of MORALITY

• 1) Eternal Law• God’s laws from

eternity

• It has been here ever since time began

• Ex. Physical Laws; laws that govern the universe

b. Moral Law- the disposition of the human mind to discover the moral meaning of one’s actions. It includes the Decaloque.

Let’s have a little exercise…

• Write M if the situation describes a moral response, I if immoral and A of amoral.

• 1. Billy has a girlfriend at age 15 and he really loves her but whenever they go for a date Billy always makes sure that they are in a group so that he is not tempted to do anything that both of them will not like.

Let’s have a little exercise…

2. Leslie is always reminded by her parents to always go home early and avoid bad company but she keeps on going out late and with friends whom her parents do not approve of.

3. Sophia grew up to be a very independent teenager and that is what her parents want her to be but because of this, she can not be told of what to do even if what she is doing is wrong. She doesn’t care as long as she is contented and happy.

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