What two convictions lie at the heart of the Catholic approach to issues involving human life?
Human life is sacred, all human being are equal
Which statements have been espoused in Catholic writing and teachings regarding capital punishment? The antidote to violence is love, not more violence; even when we reject Gods love when we sin, the dignity and right to life is not taken away; punishment serves to protect society from harmful behavior and helps the guilty person correct his or her behavior The belief that protecting the life and dignity of any person or group requires that we protect the life and dignity of all people is called The consistent life ethic Which statements are associated with restorative justice? It supports offenders while encouraging them to understand, accept, and carry out their obligations; it involves the affected community through the justice process; it focuses on the harm on wrongdoing more than the rules that have been broken A justice system that punishes criminals with vengeance will tend to Violate prisoners human dignity Restoring the good that has been harmed by criminal activity for the victims, the community, and the offender is Restorative justice Another term for the seamless garment approach to respect for human life and dignity is Consistent life ethic The requirement to tell clients what abortion involves is Informed consent The approach to criminal justice in which the emphasis is on hurting the perpetrator of the offense is Retributive justice The intentional killing of someone whose entire life is deemed to be no longer worth living is Euthanasia Approximately how many people were executed during the time period 1976-2007? 30,000 The use of stem cells in not morally acceptable when The cells come from a fetus Worldwide approximately how many abortions take place each year? 43.8 million The Catholic Church teaches that a human life begins at Conception In New York, which of the following are conditions for abortions? No parental consent for minors, no waiting period required Which abortion method involves the mother taking drugs to prevent nourishment from reaching the fetus and then expel the fetus? RU-486 Which abortion method involves a suction tube vacuuming out the fetus? Suction aspiration What is true of the Supreme Court case Roe vs. Wade? It declared any state laws banning abortion to be unconstitutional, it cited the 14 th
amendment, it is still upheld in the US What is true of the Supreme Court case Doe vs. Bolton? It is a companion decision with Roe vs. Wade, it says the term health of mother must be interpreted very broadly, with Roe vs. Wade is made abortion legal at all stages of pregnancy Project Rachel is A Catholic healing ministry for those who have been involved in abortion The Catholic Church has spoken out about using stem cells from what source? Embryos What worldview recognizes that all human life comes from God and is meant to return to God? The culture of life What means, is capable of living outside the womb? Fetal viability Advertising has the affect of convincing people that their value is based on What they own The truth that when we accept suffering in love so that others might live more fully, we become more fully alive is Paschal mystery The type of stem cells that cause to immune system reactions is Adult stem cells Harvesting this type of stem cell causes death. Embryonic stem cells Discovered in 1827. Ovum in mammals Changing a persons inherited characteristics by changing their genes is Genetic engineering In vitro literally means In a glass A philosophical definition. Personhood The byproduct of in vitro fertilization is Frozen embryos The United Nations general Assembly adopted resolutions calling for Moratorium on the use of the death penalty all around the world Using the best public information available, the country with the most executions in 2012 is China What is the status of the law in New York regarding capital punishment? It is illegal and not practiced Ethically, the three main reasons given to punish criminals are Retribution, deterrence, reform Hospice care can take place At home, in a hospital, in a hospice center Palliative care means Comfort care The correct sequence for the stages of death by first letter is DBADA Regarding the punishment of criminals, deterrence means To discourage crime and protect society What is the primary means by which each of us becomes all God calls us to be? Work According to Catholic social thought, good or valuable work must Help a person fulfill his or her calling as a human being Enough pay to support a decent life for the worker and his or her family is Living wage The right to be self-employed, to start a business, and to expand ones business is Economic initiative Interdependent relationships of the economies of different nations is Globalization of the economy Any sustained effort expended for a purpose is Work Work that is drudgery is Toil According to A Place at the Tale, to qualify for food stamps, the income limit for a family of 3 is 24,000 Why do malnourished and starving people die? Their weakened condition makes them susceptible to disease People who are chronically hungry lack Enough food to provide nutrients for the bodys maintenance and growth The millennium goals include Cutting extreme poverty by , providing universal elementary education, reducing child mortality by 2/3 What way of living is about making choices that deepen our joy because they focus on the essentials of life? Living simply The most profitable fair trade product in the world is Coffee Craig Kielberger is from Canada The business of the Grameen Bank is Micro-credit The Harkin-Engle protocol sought to label chocolate slave free. The cocoa manufacturers fought back because They couldnt prove their products were made without child labor, they would have lost money, they cant always accurately trace the source of their cocoa Which conditions indicate a Fair Trade product? Fair child labor, no harm to the environment, marginalized producers When the body does not receive enough calories to maintain itself so that it begins to feed on itself is Starvation To be without shelter is Literally homeless The experience of not having the basic things one needs to live a full and dignified life is Poverty Not having enough food to give the body nutrients needed to grow and maintain itself is Chronic hunger Who first articulated that war could be morally justified in certain cases? Augustine of Hippo What does just cause mean? War is permissible only to confront a real and certain danger Human development means Building up people on a spiritual level, building up communities so peoples immediate needs are satisfied, building up societies to be stable so humans can reach their full potential Before the time of who, all Christians were pacifists? Constantine We tend to choose what gives us the most satisfaction, pleasure, power, comfort, despite moral concerns. This is Concupiscence The good to be gained by war should outweigh the damages and the costs is Proportionality The opposition to the use of violence to resolve conflict is Pacifism The growing intensity of violence where one violent act leads to another is Spiral of violence Today is history. The 600 year history of the Jews is a rumor. Amon Goethe Power is when we have every justification to kill and we dont. Oscar Schindler Youre buying them? Youre paying for each of these names? Itzchak Stern Whoever saves a life, saves the world entire. Oscar Schindler The just war principle of noncombatant immunity says that civilians may never be Directly attacked The just war principle of probability of success prohibits Deaths and injuries incurred in a hopeless cause The nonviolent practice of the early church changed after Christianity was accepted into the Roman Empire The purpose of the just war theory is To protect the innocent, to prevent war, to limit war as much as possible Under just war criteria, wars of vengeance Are not permissible The Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem is called Yad Vashem Franz Jaggersatter was from Austria Franz Jaggerstatter has attained what title in the Catholic Church? Blessed Franz Jaggerstatter will be the patron of Conscientious objectors The dictator of Liberia during Pray the Devil Back to Hell was Taylor The women of Liberia demanded Peace and participation in peace talks The women of Liberia were recognized by winning The Nobel Peace Prize Following the exile of the dictator, the people of Liberia elected A woman In peacetime following the war in Liberia, the former child soldiers were Integrated back into society Yad Vashem declared Oscar Schindler and Emilie Schindler to be Righteous