Part 1
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1. In chapter 7of Character, Choices & Community, the authors describe three dimensions of conscience. In the char below, describe each of them, in your own words.
Conscience as Capacity
(Antecedent Conscience)
Conscience as Process (Actual Conscience)
Conscience as Judgment
(Command Conscience)
2. In chapter 8 of Character, Choices, & Community, the authors describe three of the characteristics of a morally mature conscience. In the chart below, describe what each of them mean, in your own words.
Moral Insights
Moral Passions
Moral Skills
Part 2
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1.In chapter 9of Character, Choices & Community, the authors describe three different types of norms: formal (F), synthetic (S), and material (M). Below, using the descriptions in the chapter (pp. 162-72), identify which type each of the following norms best fits, and then in the space below explain your answer.
_____ Do not steal
Explanation:_____ Be merciful
Explanation:_____ Do not use forms of artificial reproductive technology that involve reproductive cells (sperm or eggs) of a stranger or third party
Explanation:_____ Be authentic
Explanation:_____ Do not use others' written material as a source without properly citing it
Explanation:_____ Do not cheat
Explanation:
2. In chapter 10 of Character, Choices, & Community, the authors introduce the notion of the "natural moral law," which is important in the Catholic moral tradition. They also describe two "strains of interpretation" in this tradition, emphasizing different aspects of the natural moral law. In the chart below, describe these two strains of interpretation and how they differ.
Nature as Physical Nature as Rational
Part 3
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1.In chapter 2 of Consuming Faith, Tom Beaudoin provides a commentary on Jesus' story of the rich man and Lazarus. In the space below, explain what is one insight into "economic spirituality" that Beaudoin draws from this story.
2. In Economic Justice for All, the U.S. Catholic bishops draw on several of the themes from the Christian story (as we read about in Character, Choices & Community) to outline a Christian vision of economic life. In the chart below, choose two of these themes and explain how the bishops relate those two themes to economic life.
Creation
Sin
Covenant
Discipleship
Reign of God
3. In Economic Justice for All the U.S. Catholic bishops appeal to three of the four types of justice we read about in Character, Choices & Community (they seem to have combined what we called legal/general justice with social justice) in outlining a Christian vision of economic life. In the chart below, explain how the bishops apply two of these types of justice to economic life.
Commutative Justice
Distributive Justice
Social Justice