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Creado por E.M. Flood
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Austere*
Categorical*
Copious
Juxtapose*
Moral Absolutism
Moral Relativism
Opaque*
Relinquish*
Tenet*
Utility*
What function does the temptation story serve in terms of explaining Jesus’ ministry?
Explain the connection and meaning the temptation story has to economics?
Explain the connection and meaning the temptation story has to political power? How does it relate to some ideas from Lewis?
(Not on test) Explain the connection and meaning the temptation story has to military might?
What is the Kingdom of God?
What is the greatest commandment?
Explain how “love” is ambiguous in English.
What kind of love did Jesus mean when he said to love your neighbor as yourself?
What’s the point of loving God with all your heart?
(Not on test) What is compassion?
How do you love your enemy?
What are parables? What are the components of a parable?
Explain the use of hyperbole in the parable of the Lost Sheep.
Explain the use of juxtaposition/contrast in the parable of the Good Samaritan.
(Not on test) Did Christ preach any new brand of morality? What is the real job of every moral teacher?
(Not on test) What does Lewis mean when he wrote, “Christianity has not, and does not profess to have, a detailed political programme for applying ‘Do as you would be done by?’”
(Not on test) Why is it silly for people to ask for a lead from the Church and expect the clergy to put out a political programme?
What is the curious impression a Christian society would leave on us according to Lewis? (How would we feel about its economic life and its family life?)
What will you find again and again about anything that is really Christian?
How do some people see charity as unnecessary?
How much does Lewis recommend one should give to charity?
What sort of chain reaction needs to happen for there to be a Christian society?
(not on test) What does Fr. Harrington note about parables?
How are stories more open ended than strict definitions?
What does Fr. Martin mean when he says that parables can be subversive?
(Not on test) What is a challenge for current day readers when reading parables?
What profound desire does Jesus reveal to people in the parable of the lost sheep?
(Not on test) What's another element of Jesus’ parables?”
What is the better phrasing when it comes to understanding parables?
What is the symbolic meaning of the Rich Man and KOG story?
What is a disordered attachment?
What is the categorical imperative?
(Not on test) Explain how determining what is right versus wrong in deontology is like doing even numbered problems in math. Explain the impact of the role of the Law of Universality.
What is the focus of Virtue Ethics? Explain the example we used in class for that.
(Not on test) How does VE align with Christianity?
What is the correct meaning of temperance according to Lewis?
(Not on test) What is one of the marks of a certain type of bad man?
Explain how temperance is not just limited to alcohol?
What is the point that Lewis is making about a tennis player and a mathematician when trying to explain the difference between doing a virtue or being a virtuous person?
What is a critique of deontology?
(Not on test) What is a critique of Virtue Ethics?
What are some of the things that Utilitarianism leaves out of its framework?
How does the Principle of Utility guide someone to making the ethical decision in
Utilitarianism?
(Not on test) What is a critique of Utilitarianism?
Where does the Social Contract Theory start?
Why do people forfeit rights as part of Social Contract Theory?
Do the notions of “right” or “wrong” exist within the Social Contract Theory? Explain.