ethics the family

8/3/2019 Ethics the Family

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The FamilyThe FamilyChapter IChapter I


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1. Society

22.. MarriageMarriage

3. Right and Duties of Parents 3. Right and Duties of Parents


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A society is a stable moral union

of a plurality of persons for the purpose of achieving a commonend by the use of common means.


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I. A society is natural or free

IIII.. A society is simple or compositeA society is simple or composite

IV. A society is equal or unequalIV. A society is equal or unequal

III. A society is perfect or imperfectIII. A society is perfect or imperfect


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It is or it is not joined in

confederation with othersocieties.


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It contains in itself all that its

nature demands, both as to endmeans to the end, and its selfsufficient and independent; or , on

the other hand, lacks such selfsufficiency.


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Authority in the society is vested

in the entire social group, orvested in one or more persons towhom the others are subjected.


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Authority is the right and power

of ordering others to act in acertain manner, and of exactingobedience. Such a right and

power is a natural requirement ofsociety.


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1. Society


3. Right and Duties of Parents 3. Right and Duties of Parents


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We may speak of the married stateand of the act of marriage, i.e., theact of being married. The marriedstate constitute conjugal society.


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Is the stable union entered into by aman and a woman for the

procreation and education ofchildren and for mutual support andhelpfulness.


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By the unity of marriage is meantthe stable union of one man and onewoman.


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Polygamy, or plurality of

wives.

Polyandry, or plurality ofPolyandry, or plurality of

husbandshusbands..


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ToTo saysay thatthat marriagemarriage isis indissolubleindissoluble

isis toto saysay thatthat thethe marriagemarriage contract,contract,

onceonce validlyvalidly made,made, cannotcannot bebe broken,broken,

butbut remainsremains inin effecteffect untiluntil itit isis

naturallynaturally dissolveddissolved byby thethe deathdeath ofof

oneone ofof thethe partiesparties..


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First, by showing positively that

marriage, to fulfill its natural ends,must be indissoluble.

Second, by a negative demonstration

showing the evil of divorce


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1. Society


3. Right and Duties of Parents3. Right and Duties of Parents


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A.) ParentalAuthority

BB..)) TheThe educationeducation ofof childrenchildren


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We have seen that authority is a

natural necessity in any society.Therefore, there must beauthority in the family.


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Granted , then, that there must be authority in

the family, and that this authority comes from

the natural law. The authority should reside in

the parents and not in the children. One of the

couple, therefore, must have the first place of

authority.


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Parental authority, like all authority,

must be exercised according to thedictates of reasons. It has its limit.

It is itself and an authority subject

to the authority ofGod.


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By the education of children we mean

much more than their schooling. Wemean their thorough training and

development in things bodily, mental

and spiritual, from infancy tomaturity.


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Physical education is achieved by due

development of bodily powers inhealth. Hence, those in-charge of

education must see that children of

properly fed, suitably clothed andsufficiently sheltered.


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Intellectual education is achieved by

instruction in the truths that man mustknow, and in those that eh finds of use

and of grace and culture. Those in-charge

of education must impart such truths

patiently and perseveringly.


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Moral education is achieved by training the will

to embrace and fulfill the great duties which

intellectual education makes known to the

mind. The child must be trained to the practical

love and service ofGod, and to the love of his

neighbor as himslef


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Part of the state, then, is the furnish

opportunity for learning; foster; to beits patron. I f parents neglect the

education of their children, the state

may compel them to look to their

duties, and this is all.

The States Duty

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