The Moral Act

The Moral Act

Freedom
1. Doing what one ought to do
2. Good moral actions
  1. every human held accountable
    1. knowledge and responsibility are linked
  2. deliberation, moral content, and consequences to character
  3. moral freedom
3. responsibility
4. afraid of freedom, want it to be easy
5. can lead to moral evil
  1. man rejects God's will
    1. possibility of lessening moral faults
      1. ignorance
        not knowing
      2. inadvertence
        not noticing
      3. duress
        being put under
      4. fear
        being afraid
      5. habit
        doing something habitually
      6. inordinate attachment
        something that goes beyond reason
Grace
1. received through Sacraments
  1. strengthen our will to do God's will
    1. our will and God's will are aligned
  2. helps control passions
2. sanctifying
3. actual
4. sought continually
  1. inclines us towards God
Conscience
1. shown in Scripture and human experience
2. applied moral truth
  1. enlightened by God
3. fails when objective law is ignored
  1. repentance
    1. contrition
    2. purpose of amendment
  2. we are numb to wrongdoing
4. not infallible
5. must be educated
  1. self examination
  2. delicate guide
    1. must be listened to sensitively
an action that results from a deliberate choice between good and evil (or degrees of goodness)

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	Created by Keegan Sawin about 9 years ago