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Unit 2 Vocab
Irwin - Morality and Happiness
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Religious Studies
12th Grade
03/31/2015

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Mind
Definition
the processes and activities of the soul and its faculties, interacting with each other, other bodily systems, and external reality
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Conscious Level
Definition
activity in the mind that we are aware of as it happens
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Sub-Conscious Level
Definition
activity in the mind that we are unaware of as it happens
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Spiritual Appetites
Definition
attractions to spiritual or formal goods
Term
Executive Intellect
Definition
produces panoramic reasoning meaning the ability to take the mental step back and see the bigger picture
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Executive Will
Definition
permits individuals to make command decisions for which they are morally responsible
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Physical Appetites
Definition
attractions to physical or material goods tempered by the Cognitive intellect
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Cognitive Intellect
Definition
reasoning that demonstrates skills
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Simple Will
Definition
routine activities which have been established by the Executive Faculties
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Character
Definition
the realm that refers to who we are as a result of our deliberated free will acts
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Trigger
Definition
those things that prompt a person to enter a realm
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Brakes
Definition
an act of the will that stops or slows a trigger
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Morality
Definition
that part of one's cosmology that consists of a consent-filled understanding of how one ought to be and behave in order to attain happiness
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Consent
Definition
to endorse, ratify, and agree with a course of action
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Object
Definition
the specific good end that the principal deliberately wills
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Intention
Definition
the purpose the principal has in mind and it includes the means employed to attain the end
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Circumstances
Definition
answer the questions: Where and when do we act?
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Moral Act
Definition
an act done for a good end in a good way for a good reason with consent
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Immoral Act
Definition
evil act done with consent
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Amoral Act
Definition
a good or evil act done by a person of character, but without consent
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Premoral Act
Definition
act done by an agent before the development of character
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Unmoral Act
Definition
an act that is substantially good, but accidentally evil
Term
Good or Goodness
Definition
an objective quality of a thing or act that means it can actualize potential in whole or in part
Term
Real Goods
Definition
actualize in the context of the whole
Term
Apparent Goods
Definition
actualize in isolation and may in fact damage the whole
Term
Goods Cluster
Definition
closely related goods that are pursued together
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Means
Definition
the process, method, or way used to attain an end
Term
End
Definition
the outcome that is sought
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Formal Good
Definition
a good in which the means used to pursue the good effects the attainment
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Material Good
Definition
a good in which the means used to pursue the good does not affect the attainment
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Essential Relationship
Definition
something that must be the case for a given effect to occur
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Effective Relationship
Definition
something that can be the case for a given effect to occur
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Evil
Definition
a privation meaning that it is the loss of something, which due to the nature of the thing in question ought to be present in the first place
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Physical Evil
Definition
Privations arising from the limits inherent in things and acts
Term
Moral Evil
Definition
Privation arising from human acts
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Super Sovereign View
Definition
God is the sole and only causal agent
Term
Absentee Lord View
Definition
God, if He exists at all, leaves everything to happen on its own merit
Term
Providential God View
Definition
God causes some events and only permits others to allow for the autonomy in his creation
Term
Paradox of Effects
Definition
the fact that good can follow in the wake of evil and evil in the wake of good
Term
Principal
Definition
the person or persons who form intent with consent resulting in the fullest moral responsibility
Term
Acceomplice
Definition
cooperates formally with an act
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Formal Cooperation
Definition
to share the evil intent with consent
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Accessory
Definition
does not offer formal, but rather offers immediate material cooperation
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