UNIT 1 Flashcards
Though one of the imperative of ethics is to hold that there is an objective truth,
subjectivism is still tolerated.
False
2) Immanuel Kant holds that though you believe that you are an ethical being, it does
not mean that it is imperative for you to be ethical because one’s belief can be
dichomized from praxis.
False
David Hume holds that every person have a reason for their belief or disbelief.
True
David Hume implies nobody has the right to critic a person’s beliefs or people’s
creeds in as much as it fosters conversion and transformation.
False
Ludwig Feuerbach holds that sociology and not theology is a real science because
everything we believe about the divine is just a prognosis of our concerns and
prejudices.
True
Freedom of choice is an essential requirement to human dignity.
True
7) The Catholic Social Teachings refers to the completely developed body of teachings
on social, economic, political, and cultural matters.
False
The object of the Catholic Social Teachings is just to encourage the catholics to
critically reflect on the existing social structures not to the extent of proceeding to a
collective action.
False
9) The Word of God is dynamic only when it refers to the same situation or context
stated from the naratives of the Bible.
False
All the books of the Bible contain lessons concerning our social mission as
disciples of Jesus.
True
Hermann Cohen along with his Contemporary Philosophers atempt to deffine or
know the human person by setting categories and looking for properties that makes a
human being.
False
Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas, along with the medieval philosophers define
the Human Person by applying a subjective and existential approach in doing so.
False
13) “Agere Sequitur Esse” means “To be Human is to be Ethical”.
False
The opposite of Love is indifference.
True
The demand of charity is obviously higher than the demands of justice because
charity is nobler than justice..
False
16) Ludwig Feuerbach asserts the pointlessness of referring to the divine just to be
ethical because according to him, our concept of the divine along with his attributes
are just product of our anthropomorphism.
True
17) According to Ludwig Feuerbach, though man is just an insignificant speck of
reality in this immensely vast universe, he can still find his significance through his
connection to the Transcendent One.
False
According to Blaise Pascal, to define man objectively is to find his place in this
vast and infinite universe, which consequently becomes fearsome for one would
discover one’s insignificance.
True
According to Martin Buber, the best way to answer the question “who is the
Human Person is thru logistic statistics or setting parameters for description.
False
According to Martin Buber, when we try to define who is the human being, we
will come up with an objective definition which consequently leads to considering the
other as the Thou.
False
In the scala naturae, the human being is placed at the center implying that he both
belongs to the material world and to the spiritual world.
True
22) During the Age of Reason (Renaissance), the only sin one would ever commit is
indifference.
False
The Age of Reason wa triggered by the crisis or collapse despite the abindance of
knoweldge
False
Durignt he Age of Reason, everybody’s concern was to gain more knowledge for
having more knowledge for they believe that it ensures a better, more productive and
a more peaceful life.
True
25) The irony after the Age of Reason is that the collapse that occurred after that
period was intitated by the enlightened ones, those who relished the abundance of
knowledge through productivity, technological advancement and thorough familiarity
with values and ethics.
True
26) The Catholic Social Teachings is an expression of the Church’s ministry of
Teaching.
True
Catholic Social Teachings refers to the set of principles designed to help guide us
in applying the liberating message of the gospel to the social, economic and political
problems facing modern humanity.
True
The Christian realization of our social and relational nature as human beings is
seeing ourselves as our brothers’ and sisters’ keeper.
True
The eminent illness of our society today is indifference, or suffering from
existential and interpersonal difficulties where people no longer take responsibility
for their neighbors.
True
Anthropological basis of the Catholic Social Teachings denies the interrelatedness
and interconnectedness of all human beings, indicating that our lives is simply our
responsibility.
False
Pacem in Terris was released by the Church as her response to the excesses of
industrial revolution and liberal capitalism which led to communism manifesto.
False
During the Cold War between US and Russia, the church was caught between the
tragedy of the sins of capitalism and proposed solution of socialism.
False
Human actions constitute a plurality of isolated, disconnected good or sinful
deeds, which can be sufficiently understood and judged each by itself.
False
Fundamental option usually have their roots in basic decisions which give
purpose and determination to the whole of man’s life.
True
35) In agreement with the idea of Fundamental Option, the question we need to ask is
not so much “what wrong things have I done and how often?” Rather we should be
asking ourselves “how do the wrong things I have done indicate my general
orientation to God, my love for God, my love for my neighbor?
False
36) Human dignity’s inviolability and inalienability are acquired through Baptism.
False
37) St Leo and St Thomas Aquinas agree that the human person possesses dignity by
virtue of being created in the image and likeness of God.
True
38) The state recognizes the value of every human person and therefore implements
laws based primarily on social status, race, and gender.
False
The promotion of human rights remains the only effective strategy for eliminating
inequalities between countries and social groups, and for increasing security.
False
Rerum Novarum presents a relatively complete and systematic catalogue of
human rights, comparable to those in contemporary declarations of human rights
promulgated by national or international entities.
False
As Human Persons, our body just an accessory of our being for it bounds
and subjects us to the material world, the seat of weakness and sin.
False
Man is an organic unity, as he possesses a body which is a composite of
different parts, and is the unifying principle, which determines and identifies
a human person.
False
43) In man, when the rational soul disappears, the other parts which are
animated by a sensitive and vegetative soul can still function according to
their nature, that only the rational function disappears.
False
44) Human persons possess self-awareness through their knowing and willing
faculties through which he understands the order of things and recognizes the basic
ethical demands.
True
Being the masterpiece of creation, man is capable of self-knowledge and can
freely give themselves and enter into communion with others.
True
In Christ and through Christ, we have acquired full awareness of our dignity
which reminded of our fragility, vulnerability and weakness as humans.
False
According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the dignity of the human
person is rooted in his being created in the image and likeness of God.
False
From the principle of the Social Catholic teachings, the church believes that her
concern for the porr, the weak and the powerless strengthens the society.
True