Morality Ch.2 Vocab

3. The lack of knowledge.
7. Knowledge that is incomplete due to the presence of some obstacle interfering with a moral judgment.
9. The premeditation or forethought that weighs one's options before making a moral act.
13. Moral standards that are not universal but are decided upon by the individuals involved.
14. Ignorance that cannot be overcome by ordinary diligence.
15. OBJECTION A personal appeal that, to carry out a particular action that has been ordered by legitimate authority, would be against one's own conscience.

1. Any human act that has a moral content and involves deliberation and choice.
2. Lack of knowledge for which a person is morally responsible due to lack of diligence.
4. The ability to discern the most suitable and moral course of action.
5. That which is opposed to the moral law and thus entails sin.
6. The demand for an account of one's acts; it includes accepting the consequences of those acts.
8. The clear and deliberate knowledge of the merit or sinfulness of an action. It is required as a condition before a person can be guilty of sin.
10. The demand for an account of one's acts; it includes accepting the consequences of those acts
11. The quality of being guilty or deserving punishment for participation in sin.
12. The ability to discern the most suitable and moral course of action.