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Vice | A bad habit, such as laziness, that inclines us to choose the evil rather than the good |
Fortitude | The moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good |
Virtue | A habitual and firm disposition to do good |
Antecedent Judgment of Conscience | Judgment that preceds a action |
Autonomous Moralaity | The belief that conscience is the only moral authority |
Comcomitant Judgment of Conscience | Judgment that accompanies an action as it is taking place |
Conscience | A judgment of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act |
Consequent Judgment of Conscience | Moral judgment made after an action |
Doubtful Conscience | Judgment of conscience that occurs when there is doubt about the good or evil of an act done or omitted |
Erroneous Conscience | Judgment of conscience that does not correspond with what the law or norm requires |
Invincible Ignorance | Ignorance that cannot be overcome by ordinary diligence |
Lax Conscience | A conscience that formulates moral judgments on insufficient grounds |
Scrupulous Conscience | A conscience that judges an action to be morally evil when in fact it is not |
True Conscience | A conscience that objectively coincides with the application of the moral law |
Vincible Ignorance | Ignorance that can be overcome by ordinary diligence |
Martyr | A witness ready tosuffer and even die for truth and virtue |