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Name__________________________________ Your Life in Christ: Foundations of Catholic Morality
Directed Reading Worksheet Date____________________________________ Chapter 10. Respect for Justice and Truth Directions
: Read through the chapter and fill in the missing information. All the questions run sequentially with the chapter — the first questions relate to material presented first in the chapter, etc. If a true/false statement is false, correct it. 1.
___________________ is a pivotal virtue for being a moral person. It is both a ____________________ and moral virtue which requires us to render to ______________ and our neighbors what is due them by _______________. 2.
Decide which type of justice is being described below. a) This type of justice is based on the principle of equality between what is given and what is received. b) This type of justice is connected to the common good and requires us to do such things as paying taxes and obeying laws. c) This type of justice seeks to apply the message of Christ to the structures, systems, and laws of society. d) This type of justice seeks the fair distribution of the goods of creation. e) This type of justice insists that everyone has a right to contribute to how society runs. f) This type of justice calls for fairness in agreements and contracts between individuals and social groups. g) This type of justice requires governments to guarantee the basic right of citizens, particularly those who are powerless. h) This type of justice demands that we come to the aid of our fellow citizens in times of peril. 3.
Christ commissioned the ________________ to take his Gospel message of ________________, justice, and love to individuals as well as to _________________. The task of the Church is to proclaim her social ________________ and make Christ’s message present in human ___________________. 4.
What are the four key themes of the social justice doctrine related to the Seventh and Tenth Commandments? 5.
True or False? Totalitarianism, Communism, and unbridled Capitalism are all immoral. 6.
True or False? Work is both a right and
a duty. 7.
True or False? Out of a sense of solidarity, rich nations have a choice to help poorer nations develop. 8.
True or False? Christians are obligated to work to reform society’s economic, political, and social policies so they favor and benefit the rich, not just the poor. 9.
According to Pope Benedict XVI the work of justice must be a fundamental norm of the _______________. Everyone must be guaranteed his or her ________________ of the community’s goods. _________________ has the chief responsibility to order society in a just way, but should not impose ___________________. 10.
What is the Seventh Commandment?
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What are some examples of violations of the Seventh Commandment? 12.
The value underlying the Seventh Commandment is _______________ for the property rights of others. Without this, it would be very difficult for a society to __________________. The economy would _____________________ and social __________________ would come to a halt. 13.
The Seventh Commandment requires us to respect the beautiful ______________________ God gave us for the use of ______________ humans. God made us ____________________ of creation and we must responsibly ____________, but not __________________, it. 14.
True or False? Humans have an absolute right to dominate creation and other living beings. 15.
True or False? It is morally acceptable to use animals for medical and scientific research. 16.
True or False? It is immoral to spend excessive money on pets. 17.
What is the Tenth Commandment? 18.
What behaviors are outlawed by the Tenth Commandment? 19.
Jesus taught, “For where your __________________ is, there also will your _________________ be.” Disordered _________________ to goods turns people ________________ from God. We need to keep in _________________ the strong desire to ______________________________ wealth. 20.
Jesus teaches that we should desire _____________ first, and his Fathers’ _____________________, and then he will _________________ us all that we need. He requires “_________________________________” which is a detachment from earthly _____________________. 21.
What is the Eighth Commandment? 22.
The Old Testament teaches that __________________ is the source of ___________________. Christians have a special ____________________ to witness to the truth. Supreme witness is called ________________________. 23.
Explain the three vices rejected by the virtue of truth. 24.
What are examples of offenses against the Eighth Commandment? 25.
True or False? Detraction
reveals a person’s faults and failings to someone who did not previously know about them, and calumny
is lying about others so people will make false judgments about them. 26.
True or False? False witness under oath is known as complaisance
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What is the most direct violation against the truth? What four factors determine its seriousness?
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True or False? Because we must speak the truth, we are always obligated to tell all we know. 29.
What is the “sacramental seal?” 30.
The result of ______________________ is a person who is less than ____________________ and who lacks ____________________. Individuals must ____________________ to the truth, _____________________ the truth, and ______________________ the truth. 31.
In what respects is the media especially bound to the truth? Explain. 32.
_______________________ officials have a serious obligation to defend and ____________________ the just and free flow of information. They must protect a citizens’ right to a good name and ______________________. 33.
What type of totalitarian government is worthy of condemnation?
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