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Will to power

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Truth and freedom are based on ones ability to impose their will
Ultimately hinders freedom

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Nietzsche

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Will to power

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Christ is tempted

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4:1-11

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Prologue of johns gospel

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Logos (word) becomes flesh, aka incarnation

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Hidden years

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12-30
Luke temple
Public ministry

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Christ developed through

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Grace: relationship with father (abba)
Nature: family , own experience , education

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Jesus is in Hypostatic union

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Fully god, fully human

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Matthew 5-7

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Sermon on the mount / moral discourses

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Moral discourses

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Turn the other cheek (revenge)
Our father: describes perfect prayer and personal god
Beatitudes: describe internal transformation with being rather than doing

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Matthew 5:48

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Perfection

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The commandments

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Meant to safeguard the good of a person and the image of god by protecting his goods

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Virtues

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Heathy good habits that help us do good and empower us to be who god wants us to be

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Theological

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Faith
Hope
Love

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Cardinal

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Temperance
Prudence
Fortitude
Justice

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Theological virtues

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Infused by god into our souls, enable us to live in relationship with blessed trinity

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Christian notion

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Good
Happy
Saved us
Plan

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Refutations are….

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Freud said: product of our need to find our origins and cope with death
(Religion was made to restrain man from violent impulses)
Evil (deprivation and distortion in Christian notion)
Pain ( tragedy on vulnerable)

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Nominalism

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Developed by William Okcham for sake of protecting gods divinity which denies existence of universal essences

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Nominalism leads to

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Moral relativism: reduces truth to a limit but as same value

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Science and reason

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Angel out faith and anything metaphysical

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Descartes

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Truth has to be clear and distinct

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Morality becomes

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Deontological: what should I do (rule based)

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Who supported deontological and what code embodies it

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Kant and Ten Commandments

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Ontological ethics

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Who should I be

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What takes primary place in cardinal virtues
Prudence
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Intellectual virtue
Transcends caution
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Prudence is what and geared towards
Saying the correct thing effectively and geared towards the good
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Jesus says what two things in NT
Man shall leave his mother and father and cling to his wife and the two shall be one flesh Adultery of mind
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St. Paul in Corinth
Temple of Aphrodite: fertility cults Greco roman rituals: orgies Condemned homosexual acts
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At Augustine
Rigid view on sexuality which stemmed from promiscuous lifestyle prior to conversion
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Aquinas
Theology that focused on end and purpose | Sexuality is for procreation
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John Paul the second
Influenced by philosophy of personalism: every person is a gift Book: love and responsibility he critiques selfish nature of sex Man should wait for partner to orgasm so that both experience equal pleasure
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What conscience is not
Jiminy cricket, gut instinct, majority opinion , feeling
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A sound conscience
Zeros in on virtues and vices
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Virtue
A good habit that empowers us to do good with ease
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Vice
Bad habit that inclines us to do evil instead of good
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You must what with your conscience
Form and keep informing | Listen to it
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Fortitude
The moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of good
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Martyr
Witness ready to suffer and even die for truth and virtue
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Capital sins
Moral vices that give rise to many other failures to love
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Sin is
Offense against reason truth and right conscience A failure in genuine love for god and neighbor cause by perverse attachment to certain goods Utterance deed or desire contrary to eternal law
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Hattah
Missing mark
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Comsequences of sin
Alienates us from God Ourself Others
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New Testament description of sin
Darkness Falsehood Injustices
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Concupiscense
Inclination toward evil caused by original sin
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Mortal sin
Total rejection and alienation from god
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Three conditions for mortal sin
Grave matter Full knowledge Complete consent
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Reconciliation
Sacrament of healing through which Christ extends his forgiveness
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Venial sin
Personal sin that weakens but does not kill our relationship with god
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Repentance
Change of mind or change of heart
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Contrition
Heartfelt sorrow and aversion for sin committed along with the intention to sin no more
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Freedom
Power rooted in reason and will to perform deliberate actions on ones own conscience
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Determinism
Philosophy that holds that every event action and decision results from something independent of human will
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External freedom
Freedom from factors outside of ourselves that threaten to destroy our power to exercise choice
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Internal freedom
Freedom from interior factors that limit choice
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Limits of freedom
Human freedom is not absolute but limited True freedom is not license
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Major impediments
Ignorance: not knowing what we should or should not do Duress: freedom is impeded when so,some tries to force is to do something Fear: panic in the face of danger
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Emotions are morally .. However
Neutral; to the degree that they engage our reason and will we can find moral good or evil in them
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Jesus is
Fundamental norm of Christian morality | Standard model on whom we should pattern our lives
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Norms
Guidelines or laws hat can help regulate human freedom
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Source of norms
Scripture, tradition , human reason
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According to genesis
Sexual was intended to be very good
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Sexuality involves
Emotional and spiritual make up
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Sixth and ninth commandments
Warn against disrespectful and harmful actions involving sex | Safeguard gods intentions for sex
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God intended sexual intercourse
To be shared exclusively between a man and woman in the union of marriage
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Moral means of birth regulation must be in harmony with
Two ends of marriage: openness to life and sharing of love
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Effective natural ways of regulating birth
Periodic abstinence and natural family planning
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Prudence involves
Saying things effectively
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Eschatology
Study of end times heaven hell purgatory realities
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Evil=
Deprivation and distortion of the good
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Creation is
Good Humanity is good God is behind all that is good
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Nihilism
Philosophy that denies here is any meaning in existence or religious belief. Only thing that matters is annhialation and nothingness
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Outstanding human attributes
Capacity to love Capacity to grow Free will Built to think
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God made us
Social beings
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It is part of our nature to live in
Various societies: groups that are bound by a principle of unity that goes beyond each individual in the community (families, neighborhoods, schools)
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Catholic theology on creation
Magnificent creatures and summit of gods creative activity
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Humans are...because god made us in......enabling us to
Unique , divine image , sharing in gods own life
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Beatitudes
Being rather than doing
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Norms
Guidelines or laws that help regulate freedom
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Paschal mystery
Life death resurrection of Jesus

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