EDUQAS Good and Evil keywords

The knowledge we have of what is right and what is wrong. It is given to all of us by God to guide us to do what is right and to avoid what is evil.

This means “Made flesh”. It is the Christian belief that God became man in the person of Jesus, fully human and fully divine.

The quality of being like God, good people will try to help others without expecting anything in return.

A lack of goodness. It is the actions that we take which result in the suffering of others for our own pleasure or gain.

• Freewill

• Suffering

• Privation

• Evil

The belief that God has built into all of us a knowledge of what is right and what is wrong, it is part of our human nature. What is right and wrong can be discovered by everyone and stays the same for all people no matter the place or time.

• Goodness

• Natural Law

• Freewill

• Conscience

Pain or loss which harms human beings. Some suffering is caused by other human beings (often called moral evil); some is caused by nature (often called natural evil).

• Privation

• Evil

• Suffering

• Freewill

The decision making part of a person’s mind is called the will. We have -------- if we are able to choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces

The absence or lack of a certain quality, for example; darkness is the absence of light. St Augustine said that evil is the absence of good.