Morality of our acts

Morality:

A person’s dignity that he/she acts according to a knowing and free choice

Christian Morality is a response to the call of God in Jesus Christ.

Called to Serve

What is Morality?A set of principles by

which we can find out if our conduct, behaviour and attitudes, are right or wrong. (Michael Pennock

Morale –

How somebody feels emotionally.

E Amoral –without moral standard not caring about good behaviour.

E Norms – standard pattern of behaviour.Jesus is our moral norms

E Moral Norms – criterion for judging the sort of person we ought to be and the sort of action to perform in faithful response to God’s call to be loving and holy.

E Human Act – act done with willingness and knowledge.The Agent is responsible for his action.

E Agent in deciding – 3 aspects of thinking and willing:A. Evaluative KnowledgeB. ImaginationC. Affectivity

E A. Evaluative Knowledge – the knowing that influences making moral judgement. Personal knowledge

B. ImaginationC. Affectivity

E B Imagination – is needed in applying universal moral norms to specific actual cases.

A. Affectivity - strong human passion.

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Essence of DiscipleshipLove as expressed through self sacrifice and service to others.Self – denial means taking up the cross and practicing selflessness.We grow mature in faith as we begin to see ourselves in relation to others. Motivational Video, anti racial and Unity is strength, Corru.mp4

E Why law and ordinances are needed in every place.

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E Natural Law – universal law found in the structure of life itself.The law of our nature as human being.

E Civil Law – particular application of natural law and the means of assuring the common good. Promulgated by civil authority. The human made laws to govern our various relationships in the community.

E Divine Law– law of God as revealed in Sacred Scripture.Divided in three periods1. Divine Law – received by Jewish people before Moses

E 2. Mosaic Law – which was initiated in the giving of the ten commandments to Moses in Mt. Sinai. (Ten Commandment.

E Ten Commandment – are specific manifestations of the will of God.Decalogue and active sacramental life are necessary means for motivation responsible moral decisions and acts. 3. Law of Love – given to us by Christ.

E Church Law – Particular application of divine as lived out in the community, the church.Expression of Divine law in the concrete circumstances of Christian Living.

E Law is intended to practice and assure inner freedom.

E Assignment: What is ParadoxGive 3 examples of Jesus’ Paradoxical teaching.

E 1. Object Chosen2. End of the view or intention3. Circumstances of the action. Morally good acts requires the

goodness of the object, of the end, and the circumstances together.

E The Morality of Human Acts:Acts that are freely chosen in consequence of judgement of conscience.Human Acts are either good or evil.

E 1. Object Chosen – the act of the

will. It is to see if what we propose to do is morally good or not. By using our reason (intellect) we can recognize and judge which actions corresponds to the true good.

E 2. Intention - resides in the acting

subject. > It is a movement of the will

toward the end.> It is concerned with the goal

of the activity.

E The End does not justify the means.

E 3. Circumstances including consequences are secondary elements of human acts.

Condition affecting situation

E 1. Act of Man - Act done with out the control of the will and awareness of the intellect.

E 1. Every Catholic is called to live a Catholic Moral life. Meaning we are called to respond to be loving person.

E Living a moral life bears witness to the dignity of the person

E 1. Dignity – self respect, to have worth and value .....

1. Person are open and relational by nature.

2. Person are conscious being.

3. Persons are embodied spirits

4. Person are historical realities

Pilgrims on the way.3 kinds of Church

5. Persons are unique, yet fundamental and equal

We created in God’s image

and likeness. Refers to God-like qualities.- >Same nature and origin- >being redeemed by

Christ.

1. Suggestions to consider

before making moral decision or choice

1. Identify the problem2. Ask your self3. Word of God4. Follow the Love

Commandment5. Consult others6. Pray7. act

1. Moral Discernment – our

ability to know the difference between right and wrong and we can develop this through the traditional STOP formula

Human freedom - is a force

for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God, our beatitude.

Elements for human Acts1. Freedom 2. Knowledge

Freedom – makes man

responsible for his acts to the extent that they are voluntary.

Impediments of Freedom1. Fear2. Ignorance

a. Invincibleb. Vinciblec. Affected

3. Habit4. Violence

5. Passions

Kinds of Passiona. Antecedent – b. Consequent

6. Inadvertence