Religion III

Question 1

personalistic norm

Answer 1

The principle that maintains that a person is to be treated as a unique individual, never a means to another’s end

Question 2

Two types of stem cell research and the Catholic response

Answer 2

embryonic stem cell research- require the destruction of the human embryo during their isolation.
adult stem cell research- it doesn’t involve human embryonic stem cells

Question 3

Natural law

Answer 3

moral knowledge written in every human heart and that every human person innately possess.

Question 4

three characteristics of natural law

Answer 4

• Universal=it applies to all people in all places and all times
• Permanent=it will never end
• Unchanging=it will never alter

Question 5

Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, what is the difference?

Answer 5

The difference between euthanasia and physician-assisted-suicide is that euthanasia is “easy death” basically to eliminate suffering. Physician-assisted-suicide is ending your own life but by the help of a doctor.

Question 6

Factors leading to acceptance of Euthanasia

Answer 6

1. A cultural climate that sees no value in suffering
2. People who neglect God often think they have sole control over life and death.
3. As an aging population puts pressure on a costly health care system, some see euthanasia and assisted suicide as “cost-effective”

Question 7

Ordinary and Extraordinary means distinction

Answer 7

A person is not required to do everything possible to stay alive, especially when the illness is painful and terminal. However, a person must always accept and allow ordinary medical treatment.

Question 8

KNOW THIS

Answer 8

No one is morally obligated to use every medical means available to prolong one’s life. It is morally permissible to refuse extraordinary medical treatment—that which attempts to do more than keep the patient comfortable and cared for in a basic manner. However, a person must always accept ordinary medical treatment—standard medical care as well as food and water.

Question 9

Generally, what are the ten commandments

Answer 9

You shall have no other gods before Me.
You shall not make idols.
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor your father and your mother.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet.

Question 10

Seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching and subsidiarity (Be able to list them!)

Answer 10

1. Life and Dignity of the Human Person (WOMB TO TOMB)
2. Call to Family, Community, and Participation (SEEKING TOGETHER NOT JUST SOCIAL BUT SACRED)
3. Rights and Responsibilities (TWO-SIDED COIN)
4. Option for the Poor and Vulnerable (CHRIST IN DISGUISE)
5. The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers (ECONOMY SERVES THE PEOPLE)
6. Solidarity (WE ARE FAMILY)
7. Care for God’s Creation (PROPER USE FOR GOD’S GIFT)

Question 11

Abortion

Answer 11

The deliberate termination of a pregnancy by killing the unborn child

Question 12

Explain the difference between abortion and direct abortion.

Answer 12

Abortion is the “deliberate termination of a pregnancy by killing an unborn child”. Direct abortion “is any destruction of the product of human conception, whether before or after the implantation of the womb”.

Question 13

Abortion mentality

Answer 13

Church’s stance against abortion is not meant as uncompassionate treatment of the woman who has experienced such violence but instead a refusal to allow violence to be extended to another innocent victim: the unborn baby

Question 14

Personhood

Answer 14

the quality or condition of being an individual person

Question 15

SLED

Answer 15

1) Size: the fact that an unborn child is small than a born child has no bearing on his or her personhood.
2) Level of Development: ones development does not determine one personhood.
3) Environment: where one is should not be the determining factor in who one is.
4) Degree of Dependency: merely being dependent upon another does not make the unborn baby less of a person

Question 16

Are all people equal? Why or why not?

Answer 16

no, we are all equally made in God’s image only in dignity
Because every man and woman is made in God’s image and likeness and called to happiness in Him, every person is equal in dignity.

Question 17

Definition of Double Effect

Answer 17

recognizes that in some situations a bad action may have two effects: one intended and good and the other unintended and bad.
A situation in which an action (such as administering opiates) has both a positive effect (relieving a terminally ill person’s pain) and a negative effect (hastening death by suppressing respiration).

Question 18

What makes a murder?

Answer 18

the deliberate killing of an innocent human being

Question 19

What is Roe v Wade?

Answer 19

declared that a woman’s right to privacy includes her decision to have an abortion. Abortion is still legal in the United States with specific laws varying by state, but abortion policies in the US are among the most permissive of any industrialized nation of the west.

Question 20

What gives human beings value?

Answer 20

God directly designed and developed us and desires us to have a relationship with him.

Question 21

What are two major factors that have led to disrespect for human life?

Answer 21

breakdown of the family

Freedom as the absolute value

Question 22

Capital punishment.

Answer 22

The death penalty for a crime or offense

Question 23

The FIVE attributes of the human person

Answer 23

1. made in the image of god
2. possess rational intellect
3. enter communion with others
4. union of body and soul
5. have free will

Question 24

the pursuit of happiness.

Answer 24

freely pursue joy and live life in a way that makes you happy, as long as you don’t do anything illegal or violate the rights of others.

Question 25

What do the US Catholic Bishops say about the necessity of capital punishment?

Answer 25

The US Catholic Bishops say that capital punishment is not necessary because modern government has different ways to control criminals so they don’t approve of capital punishment.

Question 26

What are the three traditional reasons for punishing someone?

Answer 26

Three traditional reasons for punishing someone is reform, deterrence, and retribution.

Question 27

know this

Answer 27

The CCC explains these four aspects of self-defense: Love of your own life is an important tenet of morality. “innocent” means a person who is not intending you harm at a particular moment. It is a moral obligation to protect one’s own life or the life of another. Taking the life of another is only a last resort.

Question 28

Why is capital punishment different from abortion and euthanasia?

Answer 28

Capital punishment is different from abortion and euthanasia reason being that it isn’t considered intrinsic evil.

Question 29

How did St. John Paul II explain what is and is not true compassion?

Answer 29

St. John Paul II explains that true compassion is sharing another person's pain and not killing the person who is suffering.

Question 30

What is at the core of reproductive cloning?

Answer 30

The core of reproductive cloning is that it “reduces the person to an object to be manipulated and controlled by another, even before he or she comes into existence; it is greatly contrary to the personalistic norm.”

Question 31

What does the US Conference of Catholic Bishops warn about cloning?

Answer 31

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops warn about cloning that it is basically evil. The state that “human cloning is intrinsically evil because it reduces human procreation to mere manufacturing process, producing new human beings in the labarotory to predetermined specifications as though they were comodities.

Question 32

The Church opposes stem cell research.

Answer 32

false

Question 33

What are the three questions that must be asked to determine whether the unintended bad effect that results from the principle of double effect is morally tolerable?

Answer 33

Is the action either morally good or morally neutral? Is the intention of the acton the good effect and not the bad effect that results from it? Does the good outcome outweighs the bad one?

Question 34

What does unchecked personal freedom lead to?

Answer 34

Unchecked personal freedom basically results in an “ excessive individualism that ignores other people, especially the people who are weak and depend to defend their own rights.”