Ch 4 test

Question 1

consistent ethic of life

Answer 1

a system of pro-life principles claiming that protecting the life and dignity of any person or group requires that we protect the life an dignity of all people

Question 2

seamless garment

Answer 2

another name for the consistent ethic of life, taken from the image of Jesus’ tunic in the gospel of John, which refers to the ethical, religious, and political threads of moral issues that are unified in one vision.

Question 3

culture of death

Answer 3

a worldwide view that fails to respect and protect human life in all its stages

Question 4

culture of life

Answer 4

a worldwide view that recognizes that all human life comes from God and is meant to return to God; it respects and protects human life in all its stages, from conception to natural death.

Question 5

euthanasia

Answer 5

a direct action or a deliberate lack of action, that causes the death of a person who is disabled, sick, or dying.

Question 6

capital punishment

Answer 6

the practice of killing people as punishment for serious crimes

Question 7

restorative justice

Answer 7

an approach to dealing with convicted criminals in which they are urged to accept responsibility for their offenses through meeting victims or their families and making amends to victims or the community

Question 8

retributive justice

Answer 8

the approach to those who have committed crimes that is concerned with punishing or rewarding an individual

Question 9

abolition

Answer 9

the action of terminating a system, practice, or institution

Question 10

Cardinal Bernardin preached on

Answer 10

issues of abortion, death penalty, human trafficking, racism, war, and anything else that affects human life and dignity

Question 11

Catholic Guardian Services

Answer 11

An organization that addresses the needs and helps families with disadvantages, underserved, and impoverished, as well as people with special needs.

Question 12

The Gospel of Life

Answer 12

written by Pope Saint John Paul II identifies the ways different cultures choose life

Question 13

What does the Church teach on abortion?

Answer 13

It is very wrong unless it is done as a medical procedure to save the mother’s life. This backed up by many medical facts

Question 14

What does the Church teach about artificial conception?

Answer 14

The Church believes that children should be created naturally and has sympathy for those who can not have children. The Church also encourages research that increases chances of natural conception for these families.

Question 15

What does the Church teach about prenatal testing?

Answer 15

Prenatal testing is perfectly fine as long as no harm comes to the mother or the baby.

Question 16

What does the Church teach about genetic engineering on unborn babies?

Answer 16

It is wrong because it falsely puts human beings into God’s role of determining the uniqueness of each human.

Question 17

What does the Church teach about euthanasia?

Answer 17

It is completely wrong no matter the circumstances because it violates human dignity and the respect we owe to God.

Question 18

What does the Church teach about Suicide?

Answer 18

The Church teaches it is a sin against the 5th Commandment and is wrong but the Church strongly feels for these people.

Question 19

What does the Church teach about the death penalty?

Answer 19

It is wrong and all human life and dignity are sacred.

Question 20

What is the Catholic Mobilizing Network?

Answer 20

An organization that seeks to end the use of the death penalty and wants to transform the US criminal justice system into a restorative one.