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| Morality is the set of values and principles that guide someone's choices about what kind of person he/she is becoming. |
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| What are moral decisions? |
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| Moral decisions are based on a person's set of values and principles of right and wrong and shape the kind of person the decider is becoming. |
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| When is an action morally good? |
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| an action is morally good when it is in harmony with being fully human. |
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| What is the major moral question that each of us has to answer for ourselves? |
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| What kind of person am I becoming, and what kind of person do I want to become? |
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| How is self esteem related to moral decision making? |
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| If we feel at peace with who we are and not tied up with anxieties about how we are coming across to others, we will be freer to make decisions based on our own values and the needs of a situation. |
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| How do our mistakes help us grow morally? |
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| People learn from their mistakes and then go on living as deeper, wiser persons. |
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| What kinds of decisions involve morality? |
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| Morality is about making decisions that shape our character and reflect our understanding of the meaning and purpose of our life. |
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| A habit is a regular pattern of acts. |
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| A virtue is a good habit, an inner readiness to accomplish moral good. |
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| A vice is a bad habit, an inner readiness to accomplish moral evil. |
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| Character is the combination of our virtues and vices. |
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| Destiny is what finally becomes of us, which depends on the character we build in response to God's help. |
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| What is the opposite of good in theology versus in regular life? |
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In theology good vs. evil.
In regular life good vs. bad. |
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| What are the levels of moral development? |
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Childhood Morality
Early Adolescent Morality
Later Adolescent Morality
Mature Adult Morality |
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What is childhood morality?
Don't need to know by word. |
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| Motivation - outside person approval from parents/authority figures/reward/punishment, good girl/bad girl - lollipop stage - me,me,me. rules and laws important because they are rules and laws. |
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| What is early adolescent morality? |
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| Motivation - outside persons, peers and media. |
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| What is later adolescent morality? |
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| Motivation - some outside influence from peers and media within person - one's values and principles. |
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| What is mature adult morality? |
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| Motivation - within the person - one's values and principle of right and wrong. |
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