1. The Distinction Between Ethics and Morality Ethics The search for the infinite good From the Greek word Ethika – having to do with good character Deals with the Good that humans aim for Morality Translating the search for the good into the way we conduct ourselves in our day to day lives From the Latin word Moralitas – having to do with the customs, habits, manners shaping human life Deals with the way in which humans attain that good Ethics and Morality Ethics guides morality. It gives vision to our actions. Ethics gives us the foundational principals underlying our moral actions.

2. Which is more important? Ethics attempts to explain the higher good (i.e. self-defense versus thou shall not kill) Sometimes rules, laws, norms do not contribute to the good of society. Therefore, they are not the final word, the good is.

3. Love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means and moral self-discipline. Investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning rather than empirical methods. A system of thought based on or involving such inquiry. What is Philosophy?

4. What are the functional issues at work in a Catholic approach to ethics? Philosophical understanding of the human person as ethical. Philosophical understanding of the human person as ethical. Tradition as the “Book of nature”. An innate search for good. Tradition as the “Book of nature”. An innate search for good.

5. How do these goods impact our lives individually? Revelation and reason Revelation and reason Good of freedom, of love, of justice, of love of community, of forgiveness Good of freedom, of love, of justice, of love of community, of forgiveness

6. 4 TYPES OF ETHICAL EXPERIENCE Personal response - a scream to someone in trouble, spontaneous decision to help (Superman clip) Personal response - a scream to someone in trouble, spontaneous decision to help (Superman clip) Face to face with the other - responsible to other; the others face takes you hostage and elicits a responsibility from you (guilt). The face stays with you while you decide (Fisher King clip) Face to face with the other - responsible to other; the others face takes you hostage and elicits a responsibility from you (guilt). The face stays with you while you decide (Fisher King clip) Obligation - duty to follow parent rules “I have to... ”. If you choose to ignore the ethical response, the unrest stays with you. Obligation - duty to follow parent rules “I have to... ”. If you choose to ignore the ethical response, the unrest stays with you. Contrast - built-in capacity of what the world ought to look like; faced with situations that provoke “That is not fair”. Is usually a response to a terrifying event that contrasts so gravely with how you think humans ought to act (Hotel Rwanda clip) Contrast - built-in capacity of what the world ought to look like; faced with situations that provoke “That is not fair”. Is usually a response to a terrifying event that contrasts so gravely with how you think humans ought to act (Hotel Rwanda clip)

7. There is no real ethical theory. What one person believes is intolerable, duty etc., is not right for every person in every circumstance.