3. Love: Christians believe that love can make people become the best person so that they have to use their talent to the fullest to serve others.
4. Tension: In life there must be a tension between the principle and the circumstances. Therefore, Christians must create a marriage between them in
order to maintain the full integrity of both Kohmescher, 1990: 152-153.
b. A Contemporary CatholicChristian Ethic
There are ten contemporaries ethic that can be accepted and followed by Catholics or Christian:
1. God is our creator 2. A Catholic’s morality is the free response to God who invites us to enter into a
mutual personal love-friendship 3. A Catholic morality is a morality of love of God, of others, and of self
4. A Catholic morality is a challenging morality 5. A Catholic morality is responsible for the full impact of his or her action
6. By realizing that human beings are not born mature, a mature Catholic must be properly formed
7. A Catholic operates within the context of a dynamic constellation of value 8. A Catholic gets to know Christ by both study and acquaintance with scripture
and personal prayer 9. A Catholic follows a morality tension. He or she must create a marriage
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10. A real Catholic can make the best decision but at the same time can also remain open to growth and change Kohmescher, 1990: 153-156.
In other words, Catholics or Christians believe that God is their only creator, but it is free for them to give personal response to God. The only way for
Catholics or Christians to get to know more about Christ is through both the Holy Bible studying and personal prayer. Basic morality of Catholics or Christian is a
morality of loving God, of others, and of self, and it is a challenging morality. Catholics or Christians always tries to act inside their value of Christianity but in
their live, Christians or Catholics must be able to balance their principle as the followers of Jesus Christ with their circumstances. Catholic or Christian must also
be fully responsible for the impact of their action, and by realizing this, they must be properly formed so that they can be mature Catholics or Christians that can
make the best decision and at the same time can also remain to grow and change to be the best of themselves.
5. Review on Philosophy
Randal in his book Philosophy an Introduction stated that: It is difficult to give a satisfactory formal definition of philosophy. Every
definition turns out to be the expression of an individual and limited conception, reflecting the practice of that enterprise in the definer 1942:
1.
In other words, it is very difficult to define what philosophy is, because we cannot depend on only one definition on philosophy. There are many definitions of
philosophy and each definition is based on one’s point of view. Human beings and their life is the definer of philosophy itself.
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