Chapter Quatro

Question 1

God created the human person as a ______, an individual who can initiate and control his actions.

Answer 1

rational being

Question 2

is the power, 
	rooted in reason and will, 
	to act or not to act, 
	to do this or that, 
	and to perform deliberate actions anchored to one’s own responsibility.

Answer 2

Freedom

Question 3

A force for growth
and maturity
in truth and
goodness

Answer 3

Human Freedom

Question 4

It attains its perfection when

directed toward God, our beatitude

Answer 4

Human Freedom

Question 5

condition for authentic freedom and a warning against illusionary freedo

Answer 5

Truth

Question 6

It is not “the right to say and do anything,” but to “do the good”

Answer 6

Authentic Human Freedom

Question 7

It is our longing to be free from things imposed on us which often results in following selfish inclinations or blind prejudices rather than seeking what is truly good.

Answer 7

Freedom from

Question 8

It is liberation from everything that opposes our true self-becoming with others in community.

Answer 8

Freedom from

Question 9

like ignorance, or our disordered passions, fears, personality defects, bad habits, prejudices or psychological disturbances

Answer 9

interior obstacles

Question 10

such as violent force or even the threat of violence

Answer 10

exterior forces

Question 11

Sources of impediments to authentic freedom

Answer 11

Biological
Psychological
Social pressures

Question 12

external defects caused by abusive use of substances like drugs

Answer 12

Biological

Question 13

interior compulsions, including those originating from the unconscious

Answer 13

Psychological

Question 14

various economic, political and cultural obstacles which impede the right to freedom

Answer 14

Social pressures

Question 15

Greatest obstacle to authentic freedom is

Answer 15

Sin

Question 16

Christian life is a call to what

Answer 16

freedom

Question 17

The freedom of God’s children is to respond to the Holy Spirit in us and what

Answer 17

to become more and more like Christ.

Question 18

This freedom to do what God wills is not a what force that burdens, but a liberating experience which St. Paul calls the Law of the Spirit.

Answer 18

coercive

Question 19

is essentially the power to do good.

Answer 19

Freedom

Question 20

involves a freedom from everything that opposes our true self-becoming with others in the community…

Answer 20

Authentic freedom

Question 21

The temptations of Jesus in the desert symbolize the basic make-believe “freedoms”:

Answer 21

1. Pleasure for one’s own self
2. Prestige and success at any price
3. Wealth, power and glory

Question 22

Freedom of Choice

Answer 22

Ethics Of Doing

Question 23

Basic Freedom or freedom of self-determination

Answer 23

Ethics Of Being

Question 24

the quantity of things done

Answer 24

concrete actions

Question 25

The ethics of doing is expressed in particular what

Answer 25

decisions or choices which concerns concrete, particular actions.

Question 26

A person’s fundamental option gives direction to a person’s moral activity

Answer 26

Direction of salvation

Direction of damnation

Question 27

a self-donating life

Answer 27

Direction of salvation

Question 28

a self-absorbing life

Answer 28

Direction of damnation

Question 29

Freedom is given to us to achieve what

Answer 29

the fullness of human life.

Question 30

What are the two aspects of Authentic Freedom

Answer 30

A. Freedom from

B. Freedom for