Christian Morality

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CHRISTIAN
MORALITY
Loving God and Self

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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.
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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.

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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

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The Morality of Human Acts
• MORALITY is the quality of human act which makes us
call some of them good and some of them evil (“Ethics”
by Msgr. Glenn).
• QUALITY means character or nature belonging to or
distinguishing a thing.
• HUMAN ACT is that which proceeds from deliberate
“free will” (freedom) of man.

6. Difference between Human Act and Act of Man
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• HUMAN ACT
• any sort of activity
internal (mind) or
external (hands)
performed by a
human being with
freedom

7. Difference between Human Act and Act of Man
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• ACT OF MAN
• it is man’s act of sensation
(use of senses), and
appetition or use of bodily
tendencies (such as
sweating…) without the
use of freedom.

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EXERCISES. Let’s see…
DETERMINE IF THE FOLLOWING ACT IS HUMAN ACT OR ACT OF
MAN. Write H if it is a Human Act and A if it is an act of man.
1.Eating 12. saving
2.Drinking 13. singing
3.Urinating 14. loving
4.Digesting 15. borrowing
5.Changing clothes
6.Playing computer
7.Walking
8.Smiling
9.Talking
10.Gossiping
11.Cheating

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ANSWERS
DETERMINE IF THE FOLLOWING ACT IS HUMAN ACT OR ACT OF
MAN. Write H if it is a Human Act and A if it is an act of man.
1.Eating (A) 12. saving(H)
2.Drinking(A) 13. singing(H)
3.Urinating(A) 14. loving(H)
4.Digesting(A) 15. borrowing(H)
5.Changing clothes(H)
6.Playing computer(H)
7.Walking(A)
8.Smiling(A)
9.Talking(A)
10.Gossiping(H)
11.Cheating(H)

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MORALITY therefore …
Is man’s response to God’s
freely (choose or not to
choose given love and His
gift of Salvation.

11. THREE TYPES OF PERSON IN RELATION TO
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MORALITY
1. MORAL PERSON
One who correctly judges between right and
wrong and conscientiously acts on what is
virtuous.

12. THREE TYPES OF PERSON IN RELATION TO
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MORALITY
1. IMMORAL PERSON
One who does not acts according to the
principle of what is right.

13. TYPES OF PERSON in relation to
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MORALITY
• AMORAL PERSON
• Not concerned with
any standard; does
not accept any
concept of right or
wrong

14. GENERAL NORMS of MORALITY
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• 1) Eternal Law
• God’s laws from
eternity
• It has been here ever
since time began
• Ex. Physical Laws;
laws that govern the
universe

15. b. Moral Law- the disposition of the human mind to
discover the moral meaning of one’s actions. It includes the
Decaloque.
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Let’s have a little exercise…
• Write M if the
situation describes a
moral response, I if
immoral and A of
amoral.
• 1. Billy has a girlfriend
at age 15 and he
really loves her but
whenever they go for
a date Billy always
makes sure that they
are in a group so that
he is not tempted to
do anything that both
of them will not like.

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Let’s have a little exercise…
2. Leslie is always
reminded by her
parents to always go
home early and
avoid bad company
but she keeps on
going out late and
with friends whom
her parents do not
approve of.
3. Sophia grew up to be
a very independent
teenager and that is
what her parents want
her to be but because of
this, she can not be told
of what to do even if
what she is doing is
wrong. She doesn’t care
as long as she is
contented and happy.

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