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What are the things that we need to discuss?
 Coverage of the Discussion

1. Morality
Rightness or 4. Sin
wrongness of a Human act that
human conduct, leads to a wrong
attitude, character, (sinful) choice
manners, behavior
5. Moral Law
2. Human
and Grace
Person
As agent and Law from God
origin of human which directs all
action men to act in a
right way
3. Human
Acts 6. Decalogue
Acts originating The Ten
from reason and Commandments as
freewill basis of Christian
Living
 Intro duction to

01 Christian
Morality
Terms that we need to know and understand: Morality,
Custom, moral, immoral, amoral, Christian Morality,
Catholic Morality
Introduction to Christian
Morality
Morality deals about the rightness or
wrongness of a human conduct, attitiude,
character, manners and behavior in
accordance with the accepted norm of the
society
Etymology and Definition
Terms that we need to know and understand: Morality,
Custom, moral, immoral, amoral, Christian Morality,
Catholic Morality
 Etymology
Morality > Latin> mos, moris which means custom

Custom - a more or less permanent moral behavior

in accordance with the precepts of the natural law which
is universally known and common to all men.
For instance, telling the truth, honoring one’s
parents, respecting life, respecting the property of others,
extra judicial killing, abortion

Morality – is all about the rightness and wrongness of an

action in relation to a standard or norm of conduct, or it
has something to do with quality of human conduct,
behavior, attitude
What norm or law determines a moral behavior?

Civil Law Church Law

 Etymology and Definition
Since Morality has something to do with quality of
human conduct, (rightness of human conduct =
good = moral; wrongness of human conduct =
bad/evil = immoral; neither good or evil = amoral),
it leads to the idea of [conduct, behavior, attitude] a
action such as moral, immoral and amoral act.

MORAL = good act

IMMORAL = evil act
AMORAL = the action is neither good or evil
(the action is not good or evil; it is
simply termed as indifferent

sitting (intention evil or good)

Can you react on this statement?

Not all legal are moral

Definition
The French theologian and philosopher
Antonin Sertillanges defines morality as, “the
science of what man ought to be by reason of
what he is.”
Michael Pennock provides us a brief
elaboration of the three important elements in
this definition.

As a science – for the more human knowledge

expands, the more refined mankind’s moral
can become; the more we learn about
ourselves, the more we learn what is right
from what is wrong.
 Michael Pennock provides us a brief
elaboration of the three important elements in
this definition.

The French theologian and philosopher

Antonin Sertillanges defines morality as, “the
science of what man ought to be by reason of
what he is.”
Morality as, “the science of what man
ought to be by reason of what he is.”

Michael Pennock provides us a brief

elaboration of the three important
elements in this definition.

1. As a science – for the more human

knowledge expands, the more refined
mankind’s moral can become; the more
we learn about ourselves, the more we
learn what I right from what is wrong.
Morality as, “the science of what man
ought to be by reason of what he is.”

2. of what man ought to be – Morality is

concerned of what we ought to be

Morality is not concerned with how things

should be but on how people should act.
3. by reason of what he is

As children of God, with basic DIGNITY

AND eternal DESTINY, persons are
meant to ACT according to persons they
are meant to be.

We are ALL EQUAL by Origin, Dignity

and Destiny

What is the dignity of man?

Man is created in the IMAGE and

LIKENESS of GOD
What is the dignity of Man here?
What is the dignity of Man here?
 Morality can be summed up in one word
RESPONSIBILITY
(Michael Pennock)

Response
A response to God’s love and gift of
salvation through Jesus Christ
It disposes the human person to pattern
one’s behavior to the life of Jesus in
loving and humble service of the
Father and entire humankind.
Ability
It is the ability to respond to God, the
ability to love, the ability to follow his
commandments
This ability does not depend on our
talents, skills, strengths, ideas, insights,
abilities, actions and deeds.

Morality is a constant call of following It is anchored through the Holy Spirit

Jesus. ( love and gifts of the Holy Spirit) at
baptism.
CHRISTIAN MORALITY
It is concerned in identifying and explaining the CATHOLIC MORALITY
principles that determine the quality of human behavior It is a Christian Morality guided by the
in the light of Christian revelation. teachings of the Church.

“ A Catholic faithful believes that Jesus

It disposes the human person to pattern one’s behavior to
entrusted his teaching authority to the Church
the life of Jesus in loving and humble service of the
and that the Church has the responsibility to
Father and entire humankind.
offer guidance, help and direction in the solving
of moral problems.”
Jesus taught us in his words and deeds the two greatest
commandments – to love God and to love one’s neighbor,
and this one can only be carried out through the guidance
of the Holy Spirit.
Foundations of Christian Morality
 Foundations of Christian Morality

Freedom Truth Natural Law Conscience

To do always Truth based on Law derived from God’s “Always do good
what is good, not the Values and commandment that and avoid always
to do always Teachings of guides all men to do the what is evil”
what you llike Jesus right thing
 Foundations of Christian Morality
Freedom

To do always God created us in the state of freedom.

what is good, We are at liberty to choose, (based on
not to do always reason and will), whether to act in a specific
what you llike
situation. We are responsible for our
choices. With these choices, we choose our
own ultimate destiny: that of eternal life
with God or that of death.
 Foundations of Christian Morality
Truth
We believe that moral truth is objective, and
Truth based on not relative to the subjective whims of culture
the Values and and taste. It is valid at all times and
Teachings of everywhere. God is the ultimate source of all
Jesus moral truth.
 Foundations of Christian Morality

Natural Law The natural law, the Catholic Church

teaches, is the basis for legitimate human or
Law derived from
positive law. The moral law presupposes the
God’s commandment
that that guides all
rational order, established among creatures
men to do the right for their good and to serve their final end, by
thing the power, wisdom, and goodness of the
Creator. It is the foundation of universal
ethic.
 Foundations of Christian Morality

Conscience
Conscience is a practical judgment of reason
deciding upon an individual act as good as to
Click to add text “Always do good
be performed and evil as to be avoided. and avoid always
what is evil”
This is our ability to make practical decision
in light of ethical values and principles.

The voice of conscience is always guiding us

to always do good and avoid evil.
 Importance of Christian Morality
3. by reason of what he is – As children of
God, with basic DIGNITY AND eternal
DESTINY, persons are meant to ACT
according to persons they are meant to be.

We are ALL EQUAL by Origin, Dignity

and Destiny

What is the dignity of man?

The Jesuit priest: Fr. Michael Moga
outlines the basic purpose or importance of
Morality.

For him, Morality is:

1. a guide to the fullness of freedom

2. the entrance of the eternal into the
life of man
3. a guide to the fullness of human
development
4. a guide towards reality
5. a guide toward meaning
1. A guide to the fullness of freedom

Morality reveals the ultimate purpose

of human freedom. The ultimate meaning of
freedom is to live in accord with natural law.
Human is oriented towards the development
of mature responsibility and commitment.
Man grows as a free individual when he
gradually becomes committed to persons and
causes. Man is meant to use his freedom in
order to grow to this state of mature
responsibility, a state of full development.
2. The entrance of the eternal into the
life of man

Morality plays an important role in

raising man’s life to the level of the eternal,
that is, man can discover eternity by raising
his life above the passing needs of time by
living in terms of eternal values. Values such
as bravery, justice, love, truth, beauty etc.,
rose above time and forever.
3. A guide to the fullness of human development
Morality is not just a matter of external restrictions or prohibitions but
an inner law which leads man and communities toward growth.
I grow, as a human individual, I become mature and responsible in life,
functioning fully as a member of the family and community and moving towards
this realization.
4. A guide towards reality

Morality reveals to man his identity as limited,

dependent and a being related to others.
5. A guide toward meaning

Morality leads man into a more

meaningful existence. Man can possibly
try to exist only to satisfy his own
hunger, to eat, drink, and be merry but
such style of living and existence will
ultimately lose its meaning. It is only
when man recognizes the needs of others
and the call of God and responds to these
that his life becomes fully meaningful.
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