Ethics I and Personal Morality

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What is Ethics and Morality• Morality

– God or religion centered– Understanding of Right and Wrong– Ex: Ten Commandments

• Ethics– Society or people oriented – Concept of proper or improper– Ex: etiquette or manners

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Truth and Meaning• Write a statement about truth

– Truth p. 193– Objective vs. subjective reality, p. 312– Moral Subjectivism, p. 70

• What is the meaning (purpose) of life?• Truth is• I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. John

14:6.

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Our Moral Life In Christ• What does the book say about

– Humanism– Christianity– Rules of Morality– Life of a Christian Believer– Actions of a Christian Believer

• Hint see chapter one

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Definition of Morality• To grow in knowledge and love of God

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Characteristics of Christian Morality

• Affects the person and then the action

• Transforms the soul and then the appearance

• Encompasses the attitudes of the person

• Accounts for the forbidden yet stresses more what ought to be done

• Requires not just actions but holiness

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Characteristics of Christian Morality

• Gives a set of moral laws but not is more than precepts

• Includes both reward and punishment

• Morality for freedom

• Fulfilled on earth but pertains to the next life

• Begins and ends in love

• Nourished by the Mass and the sacraments

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Spirit and Camaraderie• What does it mean to be A(n)

– Serra Man or Woman– American– Californian– African American, Hispanic, Anglo, Asian…– Christian, Muslim, Jew, Atheist…– Teenager– Girl or Boy– Man or Woman

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Matthew 25: Test for Heaven

• What importance do sins of omission (not doing something) have in relation to the understanding that the Christian moral life is a following of Christ?

• Or how can the scripture passage be considered an “entrance test” for heaven?

• Or explain how this demonstrates that faith without works is dead.

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ETHICS I TEST ONE ETHICS OR MORALITY RULES PROJECT

• This first test worth 100 points requires you to design your set of ethical or moral rules or standards for an organization, religion, association, sport or other gathering of people.

• You may borrow from other sources. However, you must identify where you got the source material and how you applied that material to your rules.

• You must also explain why these rules are needed; how they will be enforced and the consequences and rewards that will occur if they are not followed or are followed. Lastly, you must present your rules to the class in a presentation.

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CCC 1692

• The Symbol of the faith God's gifts to man in – creation– redemption – sanctification

• The sacraments communicate: Christians have become – children of God, – partakers of the divine nature– To see their new dignity – called to lead a life "worthy of the gospel of Christ

• Capable by – the grace of Christ – the gifts of his Spirit – through the sacraments and prayer

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CCC 1692

• The Symbol of the faith God's gifts to man in – creation– redemption – sanctification

• The sacraments communicate: Christians have become – children of God, – partakers of the divine nature– To see their new dignity – called to lead a life "worthy of the gospel of Christ

• Capable by – the grace of Christ – the gifts of his Spirit – through the sacraments and prayer

•Life•Liberty•Happiness

•Strength

•Who we are (Human Dignity)

•Heirs•Soul•Our esteem•What we are to do

CCC 1692• Write response in Journal

• What does Symbol of the faith God's gifts to man mean?

• What is sacramental communication?

• How does grace, gifts and sacraments enable Christians to respond?

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Fulton Sheen on Jesus• There were three sweet monotonies in

His (Christ’s) life – three decades obeying– three years teaching– three hours redeeming

• Jesus was obedient to the law and to the Father

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CCC 1693 Obedience• Write response in Journal

• Why is obedience so important?

• What happens when disobedience is the normal response to society, family, community, or church?

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Rules and Commandments

The Golden Rule: Matt 7:12; Luke 6:31

The Great Commandment:Deut 6: 4-5 & Lev 19:18b

Mark 12:28-34Matt 22:34-40Luke 10:25-28

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Incorporated into Christ• Write response in Journal

• What does it mean to be incorporated into Christ?

• Read Life in Christ, Chap. one pp. 9-10.

• How is following and imitating Christ the same or not the same as incorporating?

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Incorporated into Christ

• What is the difference between– a sponge and a font?– an assembler and an innovator ?– a manager and a leader?– following and incorporating?

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Obedience• Societies have norms and laws

– Etiquette – Manners– Statutes – Laws– Rules

• Give an example of each

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CCC 1695 Justified in Jesus Christ and the Spirit

• Christians are– sanctified – called to be saints– temple of the Holy Spirit.

• Actions of the Holy Spirit – teaches prayer to the Father– prompts action to bear "the fruit of the Spirit " – charity in actions– heals the wounds of sin– renews us interiorly through a spiritual transformation

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CCC 1696 Options and Choices

• The way of Christ leads to life• The contrary way leads to destruction. • The Gospel parable of the two ways remains

ever present in the catechesis of the Church• Shows the importance of moral decisions• There are two ways,

– the one of life– the other of death– between the two, there is a great difference

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Options and Choices• Society has choices and options

– Success– Failure– Popularity– Anti-social– Gain– Loss

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Options and Choices• Write response in Journal

• List options that are open to you– Tell how you can choose or attain them– What are the pitfalls or difficulties?– How can we be helped to achieve?

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Battle of Lepanto

• Critical Thinking– Why did Pope Clement XI change the name

from "Our Lady of Victory" to "Our Lady of the Rosary“?

– What was the political climate in 1571?– What was different in 1716?– What is the relationship between Christianity

and Islam today?

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Obedience Essay

• Use your graphic organizer and the essay questions.

• Write a five paragraph essay on Obedience

• Include the work that you did on your graphic organizer to substantiate your conclusions. Due Wednesday/Thursday

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CCC 1697

• Catechesis has to reveal in all clarity the joy and the demands of the way of Christ. Catechesis for the "newness of life" in him should be: – a catechesis of the Holy Spirit, the interior Master of

life according to Christ, a gentle guest and friend who inspires, guides, corrects, and strengthens this life;

– a catechesis of grace, for it is by grace that we are saved and again it is by grace that our works can bear fruit for eternal life;

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CCC 1697 cont

– a catechesis of the beatitudes, for the way of Christ is summed up in the beatitudes, the only path that leads to the eternal beatitude for which the human heart longs;

– a catechesis of sin and forgiveness, for unless man acknowledges that he is a sinner he cannot know the truth about himself, which is a condition for acting justly; and without the offer of forgiveness he would not be able to bear this truth;

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CCC 1697 cont

– a catechesis of the human virtues which causes one to grasp the beauty and attraction of right dispositions towards goodness;

– a catechesis of the Christian virtues of faith, hope, and charity, generously inspired by the example of the saints;

– a catechesis of the twofold commandment of charity set forth in the Decalogue;

– an ecclesial catechesis, for it is through the manifold exchanges of "spiritual goods" in the "communion of saints" that Christian life can grow, develop, and be communicated.

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CCC 1698

• The first and last point of reference of this catechesis will always be Jesus Christ himself, who is "the way, and the truth, and the life.“

• It is by looking to him in faith that Christ's faithful can hope that he himself fulfills his promises in them, and that, by loving him with the same love with which he has loved them, they may perform works in keeping with their dignity:

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Membership in Christ

• Write response in Journal• Choose one “catechesis” and explain what it means

for a member of Christ’s body – catechesis of the Holy Spirit– catechesis of grace– catechesis of the beatitudes– catechesis of sin and forgiveness– catechesis of the human virtues– catechesis of the Christian virtues– catechesis of the twofold commandment of charity– ecclesial catechesis

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Spirit and Camaraderie• Recall the exercise on belonging.• How does society encourage or

discourage behavior of individuals who desire to belong to a group?

• How does the Catholic Church do the same?

• Write response in Journal• Partner share, class share.

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