Moral Life (A life of constant learning and awareness of life and it's lessons)

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Moral Life (A life of constant learning and awareness of life and it's lessons) by Mind Map: Moral Life (A life of constant learning and awareness of life and it's lessons)

1. Natural Law

1.1. The innate sense humans have of what is right and how we can choose to follow right or choose to break that right and do wrong

2. Moral Relativism

2.1. The idea that Right and Wrong (our morals) is based on personal opinion or/and social upbringing/external influences

3. Biblical Guidelines to a Moral Life

3.1. 10 Commandments (Guidelines given to us in the old testament what what we should and should not do)

3.2. 8 Beatitudes (A group of blessings and values that Jesus gave us to to live a moral life)

3.3. The Golden Rule (Treat Your Neighbors As You Want To Be Treated)(The Rule Jesus gave us on how to treat everyone)

4. Morality (The Ability to tell right from wrong. This can be perceived in many ways.)

4.1. Consequentialist (Seeing the morality of your actions in the consequences of your actions)

4.2. Categorical (Seeing the morality in the action you are preforming)

4.3. Utilitarianism (Doctrine that actions are right if the consequences favour majority and that the happiness of the majority should be the guiding conduct of society)

5. Virtues-The Heart of a good moral life. Good habits hat are neither morals or ethics but is something that contains influences from both as they contain external sources but can be interpreted by personal ideas.

5.1. Cardinal Virtues (Virtues that are followed by both religious and non-religious people that are; Justice, Fortitude, Temperance, Prudence

5.2. Theological Virtues (Virtues genrally only followed by Chritstians and other closely-related religions that are; Hope, Faith, and Love/Charity)

6. 4 Levels of Happiness

6.1. Laetus (I see X, I want X, I get X, I am happy)

6.2. Felix (I have more than/ am better then X so I am happy)

6.3. Beatitudo (I am happy because X is happy/because I just helped X and now he is happy)

6.4. Sublime Beatitudo (True happiness that requires a deep understanding of level 3 and that you can't achieve this level alone and that you need help to achive it)