Human Nature is the Basis for Morality

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HUMAN NATURE THE BASIS FOR MORALITY What we ought to do is based on what we are

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Natural Moral Law Conscience CONTENTS Freedom

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Natural Moral Law

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TWO DIFFERENT IDEAS ON BASIS OF MORALITY Modern view Classical view

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Created by human will Changeable by human will

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Essentially unchangeable Necessary to be healthy Regular physical exercise is to bodily health, as practice of the moral virtues is to moral health.

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NATURAL LAW MORALITY Known by human reason; no need for faith Cicero (106-43 B.C.) De Republica St. Paul (10-67 A.D.) Romans 2:14-15

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PROPERTIES OF NATURAL LAW Universal (same for everyone) Knowable (discovered, not invented; real, not just mental) Immutable (permanent throughout variations in history)

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NATURAL LAW & CHRISTIANITY To be Christ-like: Ultimate end of morality Morality is based on human nature. Jesus is the one perfect man. Morality finds its perfection and ultimate meaning in Christ. “For me to live is Christ” (Phil 1:21). See CCC 1953

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DIGNITY OF MAN The basis for Catholic morality Origin of man Destiny of man

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God created man in His image and likeness Genesis 1:26 ORIGIN OF MAN

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Be what you are As God’s children Not as apes Endowed with spiritual and immortal soul Origin of man

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Human body is part of man’s dignity and God’s image Origin of man

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DESTINY OF MAN The dignity of the human person is…fulfilled in his vocation to divine beatitude CCC 1700

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DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS OF THE MORAL LAW See CCC 1952 See St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, 1a 2ae, quest. 93, art. 1

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ETERNAL LAW Civil Law Natural Law Divine Law Canon Law

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ETERNAL LAW Cosmic order established by God See St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, 1a 2ae, quest. 93, art. 1

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Divine Law Enacted by God and made known to man through revelation.

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Canon Law Body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members.

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Civil Law Laws made by communities of men: ex., one must be 18 in order to vote, 19 in order to drink, one must drive on the right side of the road, etc.

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Civil and Natural Law Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from a Birmingham Jail Summa Theologica, 1a 62ae, quest. 93, art. 4 St. Thomas Aquinas Civil law can be just or unjust, depending upon how it squares with natural law

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Resolutions Learn the Ten Commandments, which contain the substance of the natural law. Firmly resolve to follow the Commandments, trusting on the help of supernatural grace.

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MORAL IMPORTANCE OF THE MIND Discovery of “anchor” or starting point of moral reason Do good and avoid evil

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The mind, like a mirror, receives the light of truth, both by faith and by natural reason.

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Good cannot be separated from Truth

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Intellectual virtues Moral virtues

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A prerequisite for moral virtues SINCERITY

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James TISSOT (1836-1902), Woe Unto You, Scribes and Pharisees

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Catholic morality is based on the truth of God

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Conscience

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Cum scientia = with knowledge INTELLECTUAL POWER Judgment of reason by which the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1778

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Conscience is NOT a feeling. Conscience is an intellectual power.

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NATURAL LAW (General principles) CONSCIENCE (applying general principles to concrete case; urging or blaming) MORAL ACTION

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STATES OF CONSCIENCE PERSONAL ASSENT Classified according to… Certain Doubtful JUDGMENT’S CONFORMITY TO THE MORAL NORM Correct or True Erroneous or False

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With respect to personal assent truth grounded on either

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With respect to judgment’s conformity to the moral norm

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ERRONEOUS CONSCIENCE

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IGNORANCE due to NEGLIGENCE ERRONEOUS CONSCIENCE CULPABLE

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WILLFUL IGNORANCE ERRONEOUS CONSCIENCE CULPABLE

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INVINCIBLE IGNORANCE ERRONEOUS CONSCIENCE NOT CULPABLE

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Certain True & Act if conscience is both

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Do not act if conscience is

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FORMATION OF CONSCIENCE A lifelong task See CCC 1784

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Know the truth thru study Moral Science Church Magisterium

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Will to do good thru virtues

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Practice humility Ask for advice

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Practice sincerity

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Resolutions We should do a short examination of conscience every day before going to bed, to see if have taken God into account in the things we have done. We must form continually our conscience by studying, seeking advise, and practicing the moral virtues. We must be humble and sincere in spiritual direction.

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Freedom

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By virtue of his soul and his spiritual powers of intellect and will, man is endowed with freedom, an ‘outstanding manifestation of the divine image.’ CCC 1705

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SPIRITUAL POWERS INTELLECT WILL

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SPIRITUAL POWERS INTELLECT WILL

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Free will makes us morally responsible

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self-giving is

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“I will the good” is not

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CCC 1705 Freedom is the power rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions, on one’s own responsibility. CCC 1731

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Basis: Free will CCC 1732

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The more one does what is good, the freer does one become. CCC 1733

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He who sins is a slave to sin. Romans 6:17

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LAW AND FREEDOM

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Though they are not free, emotions are important for morality because emotions are closely connected with the will, and powerfully help or harm it.

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Good emotions help us live good moral lives

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It belongs to the perfection of … the human good that the passions be governed by reason. CCC 1767

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The horse needs to be ruled by the rider.

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It should not lead the rider. Neither should the rider lock up the horse in the stable all the time.

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Resolutions Put into practice the Ten Commandments. Struggle to live the virtues, even though there may be no accompanying emotions.