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THEO 204 Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers How is Ethics defined in this course? - answerEthics is what makes us ask ourselves - "What should I do?" What are the sources that one can draw on in ethical deliberation? - answer1) The consequences of an action 2) One's virtue being tested...

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How is Ethics defined in this course? - answer✔Ethics is what makes us ask ourselves - "What

should I do?"


What are the sources that one can draw on in ethical deliberation? - answer✔1) The

consequences of an action

2) One's virtue being tested

3) The intention that one has when another acts


What is the foundation of ethics? - answer✔The foundations of moral action is the inner realm


Describe a situation, either from your own experience or someone you know, where a moral act

let to freedom. Explain why you think the moral act let to freedom. In your explanation, refer to

the four 'types' of freedom that Melchin explains in Chapter three. - answer✔Example: Sister

freeing herself from parents because they are too strict




1) Freedom from Domination: negative act (sister freeing from parents)

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2) Freedom from self-determination: positive act (sister wanting to change)




3) Essential Freedom: having control over our actions through moral meaning (sister not going

ham in partying)




4) Effective Freedom: limiting the capacity of freedom (going out twice per week)


What are the moral horizons in relation to ethical deliberation? - answer✔The moral horizon, is a

horizon in which questions our ethics. Our moral horizon includes things such as our education

and culture. We tend to care about things in our horizon rather than whats outside of it. We

should expand out of our moral horizon.


Identify two fundamental moral obligations as explained in Melchin's book. - answer✔1) We are

obligated to develop ourselves as moral people




2) We are obligated to develop virtuous patterns within ourselves and in our society

What shaped the history of the Christian tradition's reflection on moral living?




a) the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament)

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b) the New Testament

c) the relation between "faith" and "reason"


d) the philosophy of Lato and Aristotle - answer✔c) the relation between "faith" and "reason"


Morality in the New Testament is presented as:




a) a rigid system or code that one must follow

b) a single perspective that runs through the New Testament

c) a set of rules and regulations clearly laid out in the teachings of Jesus


d) a variety of ethical perspectives that are contextual in nature - answer✔d) a variety of ethical

perspectives that are contextual in nature

What is the "Kingdom of God?"




a) the territory including Galilee and Jerusalem where Jesus taught

b) the world to come at the end of time (heaven)

c) acceptance of God as patterned in Jesus' life and teachings


d) the entire world - answer✔c) acceptance of God as patterned in Jesus' life and teachings


Thomas Aquinas, a 13th century Italian Dominican priest, was concerned with:

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a) explaining what Aristotle teaches about ethics

b) protecting the notion of a human agent who is responsible author of his or her own actions

c) teaching the meaning and ethical implications of the ten commandments


d) denouncing the Catholic Church for not following God's will - answer✔b) protecting the

notion of a human agent who is responsible author of his or her own actions

Explain the difference between negative freedom and freedom as self-determination. -

answer✔Negative freedom is the freedom of domination. Freedom from self-determination is a

positive act, knowing what the right thing to do is and staying within a capacity of freedom.


What is the difference between moral evil and pre-moral evil? - answer✔1) Moral evil is

breaking the law

2) Moral evil under God is committing a sin

3) Pre-evil moral is evil without the human intention


What does the "surplus of evil" mean? - answer✔The surplus of evil is the evil in which we

cannot understand

What are the three principles operative in history and in our own lives as discussed in the course?

- answer✔1) Progress

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