Ethics Unit 3 Review

In the Catholic conscience process, synderesis, are:

• personal judgements about how to react to a moral dilemma

• Subjective choices

• First principles that come from the objective Natural Law

• Sins

Match the following

• Often trivial or based in habit, but these actions could become more serious over time.

• Venial Sin

• When we avoid a good action that we could have easily chosen.

• Mortal Sin

• A serious action that breaks our relationship with love, awe, and presence

• Sin of Omission

Person X attends a single protest to challenge a particular law. What Kohlberg stage are they most likely at?

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

• Stage 5

• Stage 6

In Catholicism, which factors are primary when analyzing a moral choice?

• Object

• Intention

• Circumstance

• Ego

John becomes vaguely aware that a person standing on the street corner is calling out to him. Instead of removing his headphones to look at the person, he pretends not to hear and tells himself that they must have been talking to someone else. What term best relates to John?

• Invincible Ignorance

• Conscience

• Prudence

• Vincible Ignorance

A person compliments a classmate; however, the compliment is actually meant to make another friend laugh at the classmate. What factor makes this person morally culpable?

• The Object

• The Intention

• The Circumstance

What three factors are necessary for an action to be considered a "Mortal Sin"?

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How did Kohlberg conduct his research?

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Kohlberg was interested in.....

• Baby Morality

• Why people make certain moral choices

• How morality intersects with gender

• How people can exist in multiple stages of morality at once.

Person x makes a choice based on fitting in with others. What Kohlberg level likely describes their behavior?

• Pre-Conventional

• Conventional

• Post-Conventional