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Part A - Objective short answer : Each question should be
answeredin one sentence. I will choose any seven of the following
fifteenquestions. Each item is worth 2 points. The entire section
is worth 14points. Please pay attention to whether the question is
asking you toanswer based on the text or the lectures.
1. According to Lewis, what are the three parts of morality? The
three parts of moralitywould be a) relations between man and man,
b) things inside each man, c)relations between man and the power
that made him.
2. According to Lewis, which of those parts does contemporary/
modern society tend tooverlook? Modern Society overlooks things
inside each man and relationsbetween man and the power that made
him.
3. According to Lewis, if Christianity is true, which would be
more important: the individual orsociety? Explain why. if
Christianity is true, then the individual is not only moreimportant
but incomparably more important, for he is everlasting and thelife
of a state or a civilisation, compared with his, is only a
moment.
4. According to Lewis, does being childlike mean stifling one's
reason?
5. What are the four cardinal virtues and why are they
categorized as "cardinal"? (You mayanswer this based on either the
text or the lecture) PRUDENCE, TEMPERANCE,JUSTICE, and FORTITUDE.
This is because they are pivotal and recognized by allcivilized
people6. According to Lewis, how does God view rules? God does not
reward because one
follows rules instead man's choices lead them somewhere else
whetherforward or backward from where he is currently.
7. According to Lewis, what is the difference between morality
and psychoanalysis? Thedifference is that psychoanalysis aims to
cure the perverted raw materialspresented to each individual before
he/she makes a choice while moralityis concerned about the actual
free choice taken by man.
8. According to Lewis, what kind of love leads to a lasting
marriage? It is the love that isreceived from God during the union
of one another during marriage andthat is keeping the feeling of
being in love with each other.
9. What are the three theological virtues, and why are they
categorized as "theological"?(You may answer this based on either
the text or the lecture) The three are hope, faith,and charity and
they are called theological mainly because they are virtuesknown
only to Christians.
10. According to the class lectures, what makes a virtue
different from a moral act? MoralAct services towards the other,
Virtue functioning will inside an individual.
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11. According to the class lectures, in what way can a good
action done by a Christian differfrom the same good action done by
an Atheist? LOVE
12. According to the class lectures, why does Christianity ask
that we respect the biological
aspect of sexuality? Sexuality is related to the human body
which should beviewed as an artwork of God, and such artwork is
responsible for thesacredness of the union of man and woman into
one flesh in marriage.
13. According to the class lectures, what principle do
Christianity and Modern Societyshare? They both share the idea that
each individual must be affirmed ofhis/her dignity.
14. According to Lewis, what are the two levels of faith? The
two levels of faith areBELIEF and ART of holding on to things that
your reason has onceaccepted in spite of change of mood.
15. According to Lewis, what does hope mean? Hope means that a
Christian mustcontinuously look forward to achieving eternal
life.
16. What does Freedom for Excellence mean according to
Pinckaers? Freedomfor excellence is freedom by virtue of being
educated through the threestages of morality
17. What does Radcliffe mean by Spontaneity? Spontaneity means
actingwithout hesitance from within, from the very core of one
individual, and
that means from the Christ inside us.
Part B - Essay: 10 sentences maximum. They still tend to be
moreobjective in nature, although I will consider some subjective
statementsso long as they don't form the majority of your essay.
All essays askyou to integrate the ideas from the text with those
we discussed inclass. I will choose any one of the following seven
questions. Thisportion is worth 16 points.
1. Why do Christian Hypocrites abound?2. Synthesize ideas from
Mere Christianity and the class lectures to explain what
Faithmeans.3. If you were trying to explain to someone why the
Church's "old-fashioned" teachingregarding sexuality actually makes
sense, how would you do it? Old fashioned view isEither marriage,
with complete faithfulness to your partner, or else
totalabstinence."
