Morality Final Exam

Moderates our desire for alcoholic drinks

If someone commits suicide, we believe they automatically end up in hell.

We can help one another achieve happiness only if we feel like it.

Humans are sexual beings.

Love is a choice.

Who we are and show we are becoming by our choices and actions.

Love ____________, Lust _____________

Virtue that helps us control our sexual desires & use them according to our situation in life

The ability to have children

The commandment "honor your father and mother" flows from the virtues of

The deliberate stimulation of the genitals to obtain solitary sexual pleasure.

Treatment of symptoms and side effects of someone with a serious illness.

To love is to...

Media whose sole motivation is to depict sex acts in a way that causes arousal

If an action is always morally wrong, we say it is ________ evil.

Ordinance of reason for the common good promulgated by the one who's in charge of the community

The deliberate taking of one's own life

Which of these are abilities that humans have that other creatures do not?

Another name for the family that mirrors the community and love of the Triune God.

Marital faithfulness between husbands and wives that reserves all sexual activity for the other

We are able to respond to God's act of love because of...

The conditions or facts attending an event having some bearing on it

Every person has inherent dignity, unless they've done something to violate the 10 Commandments

Divine Wisdom directing all actions and movements.

The teachings of God as found in the Scriptures and Sacred Tradition

If an action is _____ it means that someone can be held accountable for it

Children need to respect their parents, can treat their children however they wish.

The collective wisdom of others, living and dead

Moral Law has its source in

The Gift of the Holy Spirit that makes our hearts docile to the search for truth

Arrangement of people or things in relation to one another according to a particular pattern

Unbridled, excessive, undisciplined freedom

One is not guilty of the sin of euthanasia if they choose to withhold _____________ means

Masturbation violates God's law because:

The 5th Commandment is "honor your father and mother."

Healthy, good habits that help us do good and empower us to live as God intended.

The 5th Commandment forbids

Jesus is our standard for moral living.

Which of the following is true regarding the teachings of the Catholic Church?

Love is an act of the will

We should never act without considering the consequences of our actions.

The power to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility

Which of the following is never morally permissible?

The New Law is given to us in the letters of St. Paul

Virtue that protects the intimate center of a person by refusing to unveil what shouldbe hidden

If we are exercising for our health, that is sinful.

What instrument did Miss Ciarrone play in high school?

Faith is all that is required of us for justification.

God will not force salvation on us without our cooperation.

Sin permanently destroyed God's plan for humanity.

God tells us to let revenge be a motivator for some of our actions.

Justification is the same thing as rationalization.

Summer is Miss Ciarrone's favorite season.

The intentional assistance of any dying or suffering person in taking his or her own life.

The two purposes of sex within marriage cannot be separated.

How do we acquire the Theological Virtues?

Four hinge virtues that support moral living

The 5th Commandment is "You shall not kill."

The circumstances are sometimes called the subjective dimension of morality.

The right to life is a right that has to be earned.

The Church teaches that those with homosexual orientation are morally guilty for who they are.

Tempers our desire for food and other pleasure-producing substances

The practices of chastity, abstinence and sobriety are ways of expressing which virtue?

The 6th Commandment states

Jesus condemns the act of adultery.

It is part of our human nature to

Having a healthy marriage begins the day that the couple gets married.

Which of the following is a permissible means of regulating births?

In some cases, pornography can be healthy.

Adultery violates which of the four aspects of true love?

We cannot properly love God or others unless we love ourselves first.

The moral object is targeted toward the goal of an action.

Because our intellect is clouded by concupiscence, God gives us

The philosophy that holds that every event results from something independent of human will.

Which of the following would be an example of internal freedom?

Catholic morality traditionally discusses emotions under the term:

We are only happy in this life to the extent that we're living according to God's will for us.

The content or "matter" of our moral decisions

Humans are spiritual beings.

The deliberate killing of an unborn human life by means of medical or surgical procedures

The highest form of love that originates in God

Any action or omission which of itself and by intention causes death to avoid suffering.

Love is simply a good feeling.

For a decision to be morally good, which of the following MUST be good?

Forcing another to have sex.

Prejudice against someone because of his or her age.

Prejudice against teenagers would be called

Using condoms or contraceptives directly violates which of the characteristics of true love?

The love between a husband and wife should mirror

This is the decisive factor in making a moral decision:

We know that sex is just for marriage because Jesus told us that Himself.

Our acts must promote the ___________ of humans or they are wrong.

Another translation of the Beatitudes replaces the word "Blessed" with the word:

The aim or objective of a course of action

Rubrics intended to protect important truths according to lex orandi, lex credendi.

The ends justify the means

A method, course of action, or instrument by which something can be accomplished.

Which of the following animals is sometimes used as a symbol for Christ?

Fornication exploits the other person, even if both parties involved fully consent.

One can say that war is just even if terrorism is involved.

Which of following is NOT a characteristic of Agape love?

Voluntary and complete abandonment of all hope by a deliberate act of the will.

Sexual intercourse between unmarried people

Sex is derived from a Latin word meaning:

Children conceived through artificial means have less value than those conceived naturally.

The action of attempting to explain behavior, even if that explanation is not appropropriate

The Old Law precepts never applied to us as Christians.

The virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love, given to us by the Grace of God

If civil law violates God's Law, we are obligated to obey God's Law first.

Men and women were created equal in dignity.

Sexual relations w/ someone other than one's spouse, or an unmarried person w/ a married person

Free unions are wrong because they reflect a lack of commitment.

Honor involves all of the following except:

Guidelines that can help us regulate our freedom.

Which of the following is permissible regarding end-of-life issues?

Which of these factors could lessen the culpability of someone who commits suicide?

If a couple is married within the Church, they have the right to have children.

A sense of a happiness and contentment about who you are as a human being.

God had to create us

Pornography violates God's law because

The full body of officially established rules governing the Catholic Church

The state of those in Heaven who are beholding the face of God.

Emotions are morally neutral

Another term for "Old Law."

Free forgiveness of sins & re-creation of the sinner through the infusion of Sanctifying Grace.

Sexual activity between members of the same sex

To promote or make widely known

It is only through totally self-emptying that we can find lasting and eternal happiness.

Which of the following is a permissible purpose for punishment?

Extended relationships where couples refuse to have their commitment formalized

The 9th Commandment states

It is never permissible for a married couple to space put the births of their children.

We can disregard God's teaching about sex because this is a fallen world.

This part of a moral decision resides in the will of the person

Old Law never applied to

Transmission of life refers to which of the two ends of marriage?

If the moral object is evil, good intentions can make it morally good.

Sola Fidei is a term that means...

All law derives from

The 4th Commandment forbids:

God-given abilities that help us live a Christian life

The gifts we are given in this life will eternally satisfy us.

Allowing our sexual thoughts and desires to control us

Humans have Godlike qualities.

St. John Paul II called _______ the basic unity of society.

Which commandment specifically promotes family values?

A method of regulating birth that involves abstaining from sex during certain days of the month

The highest form of love is