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Title: Christian Moral Living


1
Christian Moral Living
  • So for one who knows the right thing to do and
    does not do it, it is a sin.
  • James 417

2
Question?
  • Why do you think people commit actions that they
    know are sinful or wrong?
  • Ex Speeding

3
Aspects of Morality
  • A. The ability to know right from wrong.
  • The ability to know good from evil.
  • B. The ability to distinguish what is appropriate
    from what is inappropriate.
  • C. The commitment to do what is right.
  • .

4
Questions?
  • What is one action you consider wrong or evil?
  • What is one action you consider right or just?

5
Christian Moral Living
  • Christian morality is based on the teachings of
    Jesus and his Church through
  • The teachings of the Magisterium (Pope, bishops).
  • The essence of Jesus teaching is love.

6
Christian Moral Living
  • Jesus summarized the way we are to live when he
    taught
  • You Shall love the the Lord, Your God, with
    all your soul, and your neighbor as yourself.
  • Matthew 22 37-39

7
Question?
  • Why is loving our neighbor as important as loving
    God?

8
Christian Moral Living
  • Jesus teachings about love have two dimensions
  • 1. Vertical pointing to God
  • 2. Horizontal pointing to others
  • Faith in God alone is not enough in order to live
    a good life. We must also love our neighbor.

9
Question?
  • Why do you think people who consider themselves
    Christians commit actions that are not Christ
    like?

10
Did You Know?
  • The book, The Day America Told The Truth reports
  • 91 of Americans lie on a regular basis both at
    home and at work.
  • Most Americans admit goofing off on the job on
    the average of seven hours per week, according to
    this book.

11
Did You Know?
  • Most workers admit calling in sick regularly even
    if they feel well.
  • 25 of Americans say they would be willing to
    leave their families if offered 10 million to do
    so.

12
Did You Know?
  • 23 of Americans would be willing to act as
    prostitutes for a week for that same amount.

13
Did You Know?
  • 7 of Americans would agree to murder strangers
    if offered 10 million dollars.

14
Question?
  • Do you think money has the power to blind
    peoples good judgment?

15
Catholic Faith
  • A. The Catholic Faith teaches that wrong is
    wrong, even if everyone is doing it.
  • B. And that right is right, even though no one
    else is doing it.

16
Catholic Faith
  • God is going to judge us
  • on our COURAGE
  • to choose what is good in ALL circumstances.

17
Questions?
  • What makes something wrong?
  • What makes something right?

18
The Sources of Morality
  • Because we have free will and reason,
  • we are responsible for our acts
  • and our failures to act. (sin of omission)

19
The Sources of Morality
  • We can judge whether our actions are good or bad
    by reflecting on three traditional sources of
    morality
  • A. The object
  • B. The intentions
  • C. The circumstances

20
The Sources of Morality
  • A. The object Chosen (What I choose to do).
  • B. The intention
  • (Why I choose to do something).
  • C. The circumstances (The what, where, when, how
    of my actions).

21
What is the Object Chosen?
  • In morality the Object chosen is what we choose
    to do, the act itself.
  • The act can have good matter, bad matter, or just
    be neutral.
  • An example of a good act could be tutoring a
    classmate in math.

22
What is the Object Chosen?
  • Bad matter automatically makes an act evil.
  • Ex Gossiping about a classmate is consider bad
    matter.
  • Spreading half truths about someone is always
    wrong.

23
Questions?
  • What is one thing you would consider bad in
    itself?
  • What is one thing you would consider good in
    itself?

24
The Intention
  • What is the intention?
  • A. The motive
  • B. The purpose
  • C. The end for which we choose to do something.

25
The Intention
  • Our intentions answer why we acted in a certain
    way.
  • Intentions can be good, bad, or mixed.
  • Intentions determine whether our acts are morally
    right or wrong.

26
Intentions
  • An example of a good intention
  • You tutor a friend because you want him or her to
    do well on the upcoming test.
  • In this example, what you choose to do, the
    Object, and why you choose to do it are both
    good.
  • The act is good.

27
Intentions
  • Our intentions may also be mixed.
  • Example You can give money to a charity for two
    reasons
  • First, you wish to help the poor.
  • Second, you want to be praised for your
    generosity.

28
Intentions
  • A good intention can never turn something that is
    bad (the object) into something good.
  • Ex Robbing a bank in order to help the poor.

29
Intentions
  • Good intentions can never justify choosing
    something that is by its nature wrong.
  • Example cheating to get higher grades so you
    can get into a good college.

30
Intentions
  • Wanting to go to a good College is a worthy
    motive however, cheating is a bad action.
  • A good intention cannot make something that is
    bad into something good.
  • The opposite is true.

31
Intentions
  • A bad intention can turn something that is good
    into something bad.
  • For instance complementing someone just to get a
    letter of recommendation.
  • In this case, one is insincere and deceitful
    using a person to get something you want or need.

32
Question?
  • How would you feel if you discovered your friends
    are nice to you just to get something out of you?

33
Circumstances
  • Circumstances are the how, who, when, and where
    of an act.
  • It includes the acts consequences.
  • Circumstances can lessen or increase our
    responsibility for an act.

34
Circumstances
  • Ignorance, fear, psychological, and social
    factors can lessen and in certain cases cancel
    out our responsibility for our actions.

35
Summary
  • For an act to be morally good and acceptable, the
    object, the intention, and the circumstances must
    all be good.
  • A person also has to have full knowledge of his
    or her actions.
  • And free consent of the will (permission to act
    in a certain way).

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