According to Catholic ethical theory

According to Catholic ethical theory

According to Catholic teaching, we should follow Jesus when it comes to ethics and morality because in all things God knows right from wrong and good from bad. He is also morally perfect, as so always does and wants what is good and right. He loves us and wants what is best for us.

 

·         True

 

According to what I said, In its most attractive form Christian ethics/morality presents itself as:

 

·         a recipe for blessedness, happiness, and joy

 

Which of the following is the Principle of Charity?

 

·         Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. And love your neighbor as yourself.

 

In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, a man

 

·         is beaten and left for dead by robbers

 

Aristotle's ethical theory and Catholic ethical theory are alike in the following way(s):

 

·         Both say that a good human being is a human being who is doing well at being human

 

According to Catholic ethical theory, to be a good human being is, most fundamentally,

 

·         to live in a way that corresponds to God's image and likeness

 

As I noted, on the Christian view of God, God is

 

·         a loving community

 

According to Catholic teaching, even someone who has never heard of Jesus can still know quite a bit about moral right and wrong

 

·         True

 

According to Catholic teaching we can see, jut by using our reason, that doing well at being human involves promoting and preserving the values specified by the natural inclinations

 

·         True

 

According to Catholic teaching, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Natural Law?

 

·         Only Christians have an awareness of it

 

According to Catholic teaching, the Natural Law

 

·         tells us things we must do in order to be good human beings.

 

According to Thomas Aquinas and Catholic ethics, which of the following are natural inclinations?

 

·         self-preservation

 

Even if there are many people who think homosexual activity is always immoral, there are many other people who do not think it is always immoral. In class and in the notes I said that this raises a possible objection to the Catholic understanding of the Natural Law because

 

·         according to the Catholic understanding of the Natural Law, every human being should be able to know, by means of their reason, that homosexual activity is always immoral

 

In Catholic teaching grace is

 

·         a supernatural gift of help from God

 

According to Catholic teaching, human beings have something of a supernatural nature and as a consequence, doing all that we must do in order to live in a way that fully corresponds to that nature is beyond our natural abilities - we need God's help.

 

·         True

 

According to Catholic teaching, human beings have something of a supernatural nature and as a consequence, knowing all that we must do in order to live in a way that fully corresponds to that nature is beyond our natural abilities - we need God's help.

 

·         True

 

Which of the following best characterizes the role that sacraments play in the moral/ethical life of a catholic?

 

·         They are sources of grace.

 

According to Catholic tradition, every human being is called to sainthood.

 

·         True