It becomes important to discuss some conditions necessary for a morally
responsible free choice.
If in the course of a synthesis there were consciousness of better or worse alternatives and the ability to choose either, that aspect of the choice would be a morally
responsible free choice.
Even God could not apply enough coercion as extrinsic motivation to secure a right choice if it were a morally
responsible free choice.
Not exact matches
If man is determined, then he is not
free to make
choices and hence is morally not
responsible.
People could either accept a world - view believed to have been vindicated by science or accept the fundamental assumption that people can make
free, non-determined
choices and are
responsible for those
choices.
True, Scripture presupposes rather than enlarges on man's freedom of
choice, and its explicit theme, especially in the New Testament, is the paradox that man's continuing
responsible freedom is enslaved by the demonic powers of sin and death and even by the law, and that it must be
freed to the love of the law by the grace of God.
The development in question is not simply the result of natural mechanisms, since as everybody knows, we are all capable of making
free and
responsible choices.
John Paul II wrote of this in Familiaris Consortio: «Man, who has beencalled to live God's wise and loving design in a
responsible manner, is an historical being who day by day builds himself up through his many
free choices» (34, my emphasis).
Unconditional Love is just that, unconditional, which leaves the beloved totally
free and, here's the scary part, totally
responsible for his or her own
choices.
If the scope of morally
responsible freedom were reduced so that a
free wrong
choice would not be very damaging, its value as voluntary love would be correspondingly reduced.
Decision means that the
choice between the possibilities is not determined by the insight into them but is
free and
responsible.
Yet the spirit is
free, and
responsible choice remains.
Meat
Free Monday is a global citizenship project which aims to encourage school communities to reduce their meat and fish consumption in order to help children and young people make healthier food
choices whilst simultaneously encouraging a
responsible attitude to the planet.
Ultimately, children and young people will go on to make their own decisions about what they eat, but as long as schools offer students the opportunity to think, discuss and debate the issues as well as to cook and eat good vegetarian food, a weekly meat
free day provides them with the knowledge and experience with which to make informed,
responsible and compassionate
choices.
By going meat
free once a week at lunchtime, and participating in lessons which address the issues behind MFM, students will learn what it means to be more
responsible global citizens and will better understand how the
choices they make today will affect them and future generations.
Emphasis will be placed on their capacity to make
responsible choices, encouraging them to maintain a drug and alcohol -
free environment at all times and trusting that, if they do choose to become pregnant after this program, they will have enough information to create the best possible circumstances for themselves and their babies.
Products are eco-friendly and
free of toxins so you can rest assured you're making
responsible choices that benefit your family and the planet.
This module emphasizes that adolescents are
responsible for the
choices they NZDating - New Zealand Dating and Friendship -
Free and Easy
Or do we privatize the system, handing over money and children to a
free - market of charter school
choices on little more than a promise to be
responsible and effective?
According to Archbishop Miller, part of the answer is to be «strong and
responsible individuals, who are capable of making
free and correct
choices» and it demands «an education that responds to all the needs of the human person.»
Gradually allow your dog more off leash
free time as long as they prove they can make
responsible choices and do away with structured nap times.
Marketing a package holiday or hotel as a
responsible choice enables «guilt -
free consumers to enjoy a luxury break, having given something back,» the WTM Global Trends Report 2011 states.
Now, if we're
responsible, we say, «Yeah, having that
free will is good in itself, but let's try to make good
choices.»
The expedition went horribly awry when she started digging around the trolley for her half - eaten cheese & bacon roll (I know, I know, not a
responsible food
choice, but I was so thrilled she'd finally agreed to eat something after two sustenance -
free days) and caused an avalanche of all the produce I'd stacked high around her.