Good and Evil

Question 1

Conscience

Answer 1

Human reason making moral decisions
The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong given by God

Question 2

Suffering

Answer 2

Pain or loss which harms human beings
Some suffering is caused by other human beings (moral evil); some is not (natural evil)

Question 3

Privation

Answer 3

The loss or absence of a quality or something that is normally present.
Evil is the privation of God.

Question 4

Goodness

Answer 4

The quality of being like God
Seeking the well-being of others selflessly

Question 5

Free-will

Answer 5

The decision making part of a person’s mind is called the will
A will is free if a person is able to choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces

Question 6

Evil

Answer 6

The absence of good and the impulse to seek our own desires
This is often at the expense of the good of others which often results in suffering

Question 7

Natural Law

Answer 7

The moral laws of right and wrong which are universal and not dependent on human laws
The belief in natural law is the belief that the moral law is discoverable by every human being

Question 8

Incarnation

Answer 8

“Made flesh”
The Christian belief that God became man in the person of Jesus, fully human and fully divine