Finals: Quiz#1 Flashcards
(40 cards)
It is a decree or ordinance of reason directed towards the common good promulgated by competent authority.
Law
It must always the end (final cause/intention) of a law.
Common Good
It is also known as the law of nature.
Eternal Law
The author of the law of nature
God
It is also known as the moral law.
Natural Law
The basic precept of Moral Law
“Do Good, Avoid Evil”
It contains regulations promulgated by legitimate human authority.
Human Law
It spells out obligations of natural law in order to clarify them.
Divine Law
In practical doubt regarding the lawfulness of an action, one may never act.
Reflex Principle
The concern of this moral principle is indirect voluntary act.
Principle of Double Effect
Humans are the caretakers of Creation.
Principle of Stewardship
The perfection of an individual is dependent to its parts. At the same time, parts receive their own perfection as parts in the whole.
Principle of Totality
A medical process of removing a part or parts of the integral whole of the human body.
Mutilation
This moral principle echoes the fundamental moral principle “Love toward oneself.”
Principle of Legitimate Defense
It has the purpose of restoring the damage done by the aggressor.
Punishment
True or False:
Man naturally knows, by the light of his understanding, what is evil and things which are good because of his/her Reason.
True
True or False:
According to the principle of double effect in order for the case to be qualified the two effects must happen simultaneously.
True
True or False:
In practical doubt regarding the lawfulness of an action, one may suspend the action but in suspending the act, one is ought to inform well the conscience regarding the matter.
True
True or False:
According to the Double Effect’s fourth principle, one’s life can be sacrificed for the sake of five individuals.
False
True or False:
To deliberately kill someone is ethical as long as it is for self-defense.
False
True or False:
If the object or intention is evil one must base the morality of the action from its circumstance. This, however, only lessens the culpability of the agent.
True
True or False:
To be a steward of creation, one may take the responsibility of developing everything that he/she has.
True
True or False:
The government has the obligation to inform the public regarding the newly promulgated law. But if a citizen is ignorant about the law, even after its publication, he is not obliged because according to the reflex principle: A dubious law does not oblige.
False
True or False: Cosmetic surgery (e.g. breast enlargement), according to the Principle of Totality, is morally justified because it does not take away a part of the whole but rather it adds something to the integral whole.
False
