Life and Dignity Vocab

What is he virtue by which people are able to successfully and healthfully integrate their sexuality into their total person; recognized as one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Also one of the vows of religious life.

• adultery

• conscience

• chastity

• culture of life

A direct action, or a deliberate lack of action, that causes the death of a person who is handicapped, sick, or dying and is also a violation of the Fifth Commandment.

• euthanasia

• abortion

• death penalty

• excommunication

Treating people of a different race without the full respect their equal dignity requires.

• genocide

• sexism

• racism

• classism

the ability to create a biological reproduction of a human being who is genetically identical to the original person.

• cloning

• sperm donor

• in vitro fertilization

• polygamy

The deliberate termination of a pregnancy by killing the unborn child. It is a grave sin and a crime against human life.

• surrogacy

• suicide

• capital punishment

• abortion

The ability to create a new human life artificially, using means such as in vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, or surrogate parenting.

• chastity

• artificial means of conception

• culture of death

• fornication

The “interior voice,” guided by human reason and Divine Law, that leads us to understand ourselves as responsible for our actions, and prompts us to do good and avoid evil. To make good judgments, one needs to have a well-formed conscience.

• conscience

• genocide

• culture of life

• terrorism

A term used to describe a society that does not hold human life sacred in all its stages. Such a society creates structures of sin that allow human life to be attacked when it is most vulnerable.

• culture of life

• genocide

• culture of death

• polygamy

A term used to describe a society that holds all life sacred, from conception to natural death. Such societies build social structures that protect and defend human life in all its stages.

• excommunication

• artificial means of conception

• euthanasia

• culture of life

A severe penalty that results from grave sin against Church law. The penalty is either imposed by a Church official or happens automatically as a result of the offense. An excommunicated person is not permitted to celebrate or receive the Sacraments.

• excommunication

• genocide

• suicide

• terrorism