Am I responsible for my actions?

To discuss if human beings are responsible for their actions

To evaluate how responsible we are for our actions

Do you feel that most times you get into trouble, you are responsible, or can you really blame it on someone/ something else?

1. Answer the questions on the sheet about the Frog & Scorpion story

2. Answer the questions on the sheet about the Robber & Ferryman story

*Draw a picture of one of the stories!

What are some school rules?

How could you become “not responsible” for breaking some school rules.

Discuss the situations with your partner.

Mark them if they are responsible/ not responsible.

In your books 1. Choose an example from the sheet

where a person would NOT be responsible. Explain why they are not responsible in this situation.

2. Give an example where a person WOULD be responsible for the harm they caused. Explain why they are responsible in this situation.

**What do you think “free will” is? Does it exist?

Homework

Choose one of the issues. – abortion, and helping with abortions– allowing pornography to be widely available– selling cheap, strong alcohol– same-sex marriage – euthanasia (medical killing of the sick

1. Explain if you think it is morally wrong or not. 2. Explain how someone might disagree with you.3. Explain what you would reply to that person. 4. Conclude: should it be made illegal?

Is this man’s excuse correct?Is he not responsible for his goat?

Responsibility and SinThe Church identifies venial sin and mortal

sin. Mortal sin leads to death – it is the rejection of God.

Something only counts as mortal sin if :- It is serious- You acted freely- You knew that what you did was wrong- You intended to do wrong on purposeWhich of the following could make it

less of a sin? • Strong peer pressure/ coercion• Great fear or anxiety• Extreme tiredness • deep emotional or psychological wounds• Being in the habit of sin: you have got used

to doing it so it almost feels ok. You lose your sense that it is wrong.

1. What are the conditions that have to be met, before something is a mortal sin?

2. Which of the conditions is hardest to decide about? Why?

3. Explain one thing that could make a mortal sin less of a sin & why.

**How are the conditions for sin different from what a judge would say makes something wrong?

Draw a storyboard/ cartoon to explain the difference between animals doing something wrong, and humans.

Your cartoon should show why humans can be responsible for doing wrong, but animals are not.