Good And Evil Flashcards
(47 cards)
Conscience meaning
Human reason making moral decisions
The knowledge of what is right and wrong and the god given compulsion within all human beings to do what is right and avoid evil
Evil meaning
The absence of good and the impulse to seek out our own desires at the expense of the good of others, which often results in suffering
Free will meaning
The decision-making part of a persons mind is the will
It is free if a person can choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces
Goodness meaning
The quality of being like god
Seeking the well being of others selflessly
Incarnation meaning
“Made flesh”
The Christian belief that God became man in Jesus
Fully human and fully divine
Natural law meaning
The moral laws of right and wrong which are universal and not dependant on human laws
The belief in natural law is the belief that the moral law is discoverable by every human being and is always the same for all human beings in all places
Privation meaning
The loss or absence of a quality or something that is normally present
Evil is the privation of good
Suffering meaning
Pain or loss which harms a human being
Some is caused by other humans (moral evil) and some is not (natural evil)
Nicene creed quote about one God
“I believe in one God”
Nicene Creed quote about Jesus from God
“I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ… God from God”
Nicene Creed quote about the Holy Spirit
“I believe in the Holy Spirit…who proceeds from the Father and the Son”
Matthew quote about the only time the trinity in mentioned together
“Baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”
Saint who believed in the trinity as love
St Augustine
John quote about love
“God is love”
Philippians (Kenosis hymn) quote about God becoming Jesus
“He was in the form of God… but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave”
John quote about the incarnation
“The word was God…and the word become flesh and lived among us”
St Augustine quote about evil in the Enchiridion
“For what is that which we call evil but the absence of good?”
Mark quote about God’s goodness
“No one is good but God alone”
What’s the name of the Australian atheist philosopher who argued an all knowing God would not let people take choices that lead to suffering
J. L. Mackie
What’s the name of the Scottish philosopher that put forward the inconsistant triad
David Hume
What did David Hume call the problem of evil
“The rock of atheism”
What catholic philosopher argued that free will makes good actions more valuable
Brian Davies
What Protestant philosopher argued that if suffering didn’t exist, people wouldn’t do charitable acts
John Hick
What American philosopher argued that the problem of evil is beyond human comprehension
William Alston
