2.  SIN IS A REALITY IN THE HUMAN PERSON  Humans both spiritual and physical  SIN IS AN OFFENSE AGAINST GOD  SPIRITUAL DEATH, PHYSICAL DEATH

12.  AN ACTION AND A CONDITION 1. THE ORIGINAL DISOBEDIENCE OF ADAM AND EVE 2. CONCUPISCENCE  DISORDERED DESIRES  ATTRACTION TO SIN a. CONDITION THAT HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN TO ALL OF HUMANITY

13.  FREELY CHOSEN SINS OF INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE.  Original Sin manifests itself most clearly in the sins of individual people.

14.  According to the virtues or goods the sin opposes.  Adultery opposes temperance.  According to the commandments they violate.  Forbidden by 6 th commandment.  According to whom they offend or concern  Offends spouse, children, God, society (scandal)

15.  According to whether they are sins in thought, word, deed, or omission.  According to gravity.  Mortal – 1.) Grave matter 2.) Full Knowledge 3.) Full Consent.

16.  SINS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN FORM POWERFUL INSTITUTIONS OR STRUCTURES OF EVIL.  DRINKING UNDER AGE, EXPERIMENTATION WITH SEX, RIDICULING OTHERS

17.  INVINCIBLE IGNORANCE - ignorance is said to be invincible when a person is unable to rid himself of it.  VINCIBLE IGNORANCE - ignorance is termed vincible if it can be dispelled by the use of "moral diligence".

18.  INTERNAL VOICE THAT TELLS US WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG.  MOVES US TO SEEK TO KNOW AND DO GOOD AND AVOID EVIL.

19.  ID - PRIMITIVE DESIRES, HUNGERS  SUPEREGO – INTERNAL PARENT, TELLS YOU HOW TO ACT, PROHIBITS YOU FROM CERTAIN ACTIONS.  GOOD BECAUSE IT CAN BRING YOU TO BECOMING A HEALTHY HUMAN BEING.  BECOME BAD IF IT BECOMES A TYRANNICAL SUPER-EGO.  CAN HURT THE AUTONOMY OF A PERSON, OVERWHELMING SENSE OF UNWORTHINESS  EGO – BALANCES THE TWO. THE EGO MEDIATES AMONG THE ID, THE SUPER-EGO AND THE EXTERNAL WORLD.

20. 1. LEAD US TO DO GOOD AND AVOID EVIL. 2. SEEKING TO SEE TRULY AND THINK HONESTLY  SEEKING HONEST AND MORALLY RIGHT DECISIONS FOR ETHICAL SITUATIONS FROM MORALLY CORRECT SOURCES(HELP HUMAN COMMUNITY AND HONOR GOD.)  DIFFERENT FROM SUPEREGO IN EFFORT TO FIND THE TRUTH OF A SITUATION DESPITE WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD OR THE FLOW OF THE MASSES.

21.  REACH A DECISION THAT SAYS “THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO.”  THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS FROM ME SO THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION.  SOME DECISIONS CAN BE PERSONALIZED.

22.  WHAT OUGHT I DO?  WHAT SORT OF PERSON OUGHT I BECOME?

23.  Object – what you have chosen to do.  Concrete physical action.  Can be more than one object.  Intention – why you have chosen to do the object in question.  It is possible to have more than one intention or motive.  Object and Intention make up the core of human action.

24.  CIRCUMSTANCES – THINGS THAT EFFECT THE PERSON PERFORMING AN ACTION OR THE ACTION ITSELF.  The situation or surroundings of a person.  Ex. Age, Economic Status, Psychological state.  Circumstances can change.

25.  Both object and intention must be good for an action to be good as a whole.  An evil action cannot be good due to a good intention.  Ex. A person aids his wife in committing suicide to help her out of her painful disease.  Ex. A couple who isn ’ t married has sex because they are in love with each other.  A good act can be corrupted by a bad intention.  Ex. A person helps an old woman in order to get praised by other people.

26.  CIRCUMSTANCES OF AN ACT CAN EFFECT THE CULPABILITY OF A PERSON AND THE LEVEL OF MORAL GOODNESS OR EVIL OF AN ACTION.  Ex. A 16 year old girl from a poor area having an abortion vs. A 35 year old lawyer having an abortion.  Ex. A teacher who does something immoral vs. A student who acts immorally.

27.  CIRCUMSTANCES CANNOT CHANGE AN INHERENTLY IMMORAL OBJECT INTO A GOOD ONE.  Ex. Abortion is wrong despite of circumstances.  Ex. Sex before marriage is always wrong.

28.  CERTAIN INSTANCES WHERE INTENTION AND OBJECT CAN BE GOOD BUT CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE AN ACTION AS A WHOLE INAPPROPRIATE.  EX. DISCUSSION OF PROBLEMS IN A RELATIONSHIP IN FRONT OF CHILDREN.