7.1 Morality: A Response to God’s Love Chapter 7 Moral Decision Making ©Our Sunday Visitor Curriculum Division

7.2 Chapter Overview Three sources of moral decision making are: the object chosen, the intentions, and the circumstances. Moral decision making involves asking what and who. Moral decision making involves asking why, how, when, and where. Discernment means calling upon as many resources as possible to evaluate whether an action is right or wrong.

V7.1 Vocabulary Motives (p. 128): The reasons people do what they do. Scrutinize (p. 136): To examine or look over with care various dimensions of a challenging situation to that overlooked aspects can come to light.

7.3 Review 1. Name and explain the questions that we can ask ourselves to help us understand the actions involved in moral decision making. 2. Explain the three traditional sources of Christian morality: the object chosen, the intention, and the circumstances. How do we use these sources to judge the goodness or evil of an act? 3. Explain how people could distort the means used in achieving their goals.

7.4 Review 4. Name two ways that we can stretch our point of view during moral decision making. 5. According to the text what is typically the most important function that talking to others serves?

7.5 Review 6. What contribution to decision making do feelings make? 7. Name three influences on our values. 8. Why is moral decision making not meant to be a solitary experience for Christians?

7.6 Review 9. What is the role of prayer in moral decision making? 10. What prayer did Jesus say in the garden the night before his death?