Good and Evil Flashcards
define ‘Evil’
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.
define ‘Suffering’
Pain or loss which harms human beings.
Some suffering is used by the other human beings (moral evil);some is not ( natural evil).
define ‘Privation’
The loss or absence of a quality or something that is normally present.
Evil is a privation of good.
define ‘ Goodness’
The quality of being like God.
seeking the well-being of others selflessly
define ‘Free-will’
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.
define ‘Conscience’
Human reason making moral decisions.
The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong given by God
define ‘Natural Law’
The laws of right and wrong are the same for all people, in all places, at all times.
define ‘Incarnation’
“Made flesh”.
The Christian belief that God became man in the person of Jesus, fully human and fully divine.
