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HRE 40 – Morality, Ethics, and our Decisions

HRE 40 – Morality, Ethics, and our Decisions. Unit 4 Mr. Carney. S.T.O.P - A guide to understanding. Although it is impossible to know what Jesus would do in every case, his advice can be boiled down to two questions: Is this a loving thing? Is this a serving thing?

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HRE 40 – Morality, Ethics, and our Decisions

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  1. HRE 40 – Morality, Ethics, and our Decisions Unit 4 Mr. Carney

  2. S.T.O.P - A guide to understanding • Although it is impossible to know what Jesus would do in every case, his advice can be boiled down to two questions: • Is this a loving thing? • Is this a serving thing? • Does Jesus ask his followers to be poor? Explain.

  3. Discussion Questions • If you are blessed with good things, what are you supposed to do? • How do you know if money is starting to control your life?

  4. Values • A value is something you choose, cherish and act upon. Before we make a moral decision we must separate the values that are involved in the issue. • Then we must decide which values are more important to us.

  5. CONSCIENCE • The moral decision-making process ends with the principle: Follow your conscience. After you have considered the STOP Sign Method, you must ultimately decide whether to act or not. • Our conscience tells us that we are answerable for what we do. It tells us what we ought to do. It tells us to do something about this “ought.” It looks back to judge whether or not we did the right or the wrong thing.

  6. Moral Guides • Catholic tradition recognizes 4 kinds of law that guide moral actions: • I – Natural law • II – Civil law • III – Divine law • IV – Church law

  7. Natural Law • – refers to our ability to understand what it means to be human and what must be done to develop as humans. It refers to those principles which are held to be derived from nature and binding upon human society. More simply put, they are laws about the way things are meant to be. These laws make sense to reasonable people.

  8. Civil Law • is human law made for the smooth functioning of the particular groups to which we belong. Often, civil law is an application of Natural Law. Because it is human law, it is not always good law.

  9. Divine Law • Is given to us by God. It is present in the scriptures and especially in the example of Jesus. • The 10 Commandments and The Beatitudes are excellent summaries of how Christians should respond to God and to neighbour. These laws are of a higher order, since they are based on values, rather than on selfish human interests. • Even though the 10 Commandments arose out of the experience of the Hebrew people, they are important aids in making moral decisions today.

  10. Divine Law • is the Church’s interpretation of Divine Law. In the same way that Civil Law interprets Natural Law for real life situations, so the Church interprets Divine Law for everyday situations.

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