Transcript Morality PowerPoint - Holy Family Catholic Schools

Mark 10:17-22
To be happy, we must
1)Go to God and hear His
voice
2)Do what God tells us
What is morality?
The American satirist H.L.
Mencken says that morality is
“the theory that every human
act must be either right or
wrong, and that 99 percent of
them are wrong.”
“About morals, I know only
that what is moral is what
you feel good after and
what is immoral is what you
feel bad after.”
Ernest Hemingway
“Love and do what
you will.”
St. Augustine
Traditional definition:
“The science of what humans
ought to do by reason of
who they are.”
“…by reason of who they are”
A proper view of the human
person is the critically important
starting point in deciding what is
the moral way to respond. This
proper view is that every human
being has dignity.
Science
Catholic morality draws on
three main sources of
knowledge to reach
conclusions about how we
should act
knowledge
“The science of what humans ought to do
by reason of who they are.”
“who they are” =
human beings with
dignity
To further explain
“science”…
Handout!
Catholic/Christian Morality
is doing the right thing
(God’s Plan) that will
lead to our ultimate
happiness
Christian morality is living
our lives in response to
Jesus. Christian
morality is based on a
relationship.
Both the traditional definition
and the Catholic/Christian
definition of morality are
“Catholic” in ideology. The
definitions work TOGETHER.
• Moral: that which is good,
promotes human welfare
• Immoral: that which is bad,
harmful, destructive
• Amoral: neutral / also, “an
amoral person” meaning
with no sense of right or
wrong
Changes in morality:
Child…
Adolescent…
Adult…
• Child: moral decisions are whether
or not to obey the dictates of adults;
it was a question of obedience
• Adolescent: searching through what
you have been taught and come to
your own conclusions
• Adult: a morality lived out of
personal conviction because it has
been sorted through