Amandla amakhulu obuhlakani nokuthi asho ukuthini
Ukuqonda kungenye yezimpawu ezine ezinhle kakhulu. Njengabanye abathathu, ubuhle obungenziwa yinoma ngubani; ngokungafani nezimfanelo zemfundiso yenkolo, izimfanelo ezinhle azona, zona uqobo, izipho zikaNkulunkulu ngomusa kepha ukwanda komkhuba. Kodwa-ke, amaKristu angakhula emikhakheni eyinhloko ngokusebenzisa ubungcwele bokungcwelisa, futhi ngenxa yalokho ukuhlakanipha kungathatha amandla angaphezu kwavamile kanye nobukhulu bemvelo.
Yini okungewona ubuhlakani
AmaKhatholika amaningi acabanga ukuthi ubuhlakani buvele nje busetshenziselwe izimiso zokuziphatha. Bakhuluma, ngokwesibonelo, ngesinqumo sokuya empini ngokuthi "isahlulelo sokuqala", baphakamisa ukuthi abantu abanengqondo bangavumelana ezimeni ezinjalo ngokusetshenziswa kwezimiso zokuziphatha futhi, ngenxa yalokho, izinqumo ezinjalo zingangabazeka kodwa ungalokothi wenze iphutha. Lokhu kungukuqonda okuyisisekelo kokuqonda, okuyi-p. UJohn A. Hardon uphawula esichazamazwini sakhe sanamuhla sama Katolika, uthi "Ulwazi oluqondile lwezinto okufanele zenziwe noma, ngokuvamile, ulwazi lwezinto okufanele zenziwe nezinto okufanele zigwenywe".
"Kunesizathu esizwakalayo sokuzijwayeza"
Njengoba i-Catholic Encyclopedia ibona, u-Aristotle wachaza ubuhlakani njenge-recta ratio agibilium, "isizathu esifanele sisetshenziselwa ukwenza". Ukugcizelelwa "ngakwesokudla" kubalulekile. Ngeke samane senza isinqumo bese sisichaza ngokuthi "ukwahlulela okuhle". Ukukhalipha kudinga ukuthi sihlukanise phakathi kokulungile nokungalungile. Ngakho-ke, njengoba uBaba Hardon ebhala, "Yikhono lobuhlakani ngesisekelo umuntu aqaphela kulo kuzo zonke izindaba ezisetshenziswayo nokuhle nokubi". Uma sidida okubi nokuhle, asisebenzisi ubuhlakani, kunalokho, sibonisa ukuntuleka kwayo.
Ukuqonda empilweni yansuku zonke
Manje sazi kanjani lapho sibonisa ubuhlakani nalapho sinikezela nje ezifisweni zethu? Hardon uphawula izigaba ezintathu zesenzo sokuqonda:
"Thatha izeluleko ngokucophelela wena nabanye"
"Bahlulele kahle ngokwesisekelo sobufakazi obukhona"
"Ukuqondisa lonke ibhizinisi lakhe ngokwemithetho ebekwe ngemuva kokukhishwa kwesinqumo esihlakaniphile".
Ukungazinaki izeluleko noma izexwayiso zabanye abantu ukwahlulela kwabo okungahambelani nokwethu kuwuphawu lokungaqondakali. Kungenzeka ukuthi silungile nokuthi abanye banephutha; kepha okuphambene kungaba yiqiniso, ikakhulukazi uma singavumelani nalabo ukwahlulela kwabo kokuziphatha okulungile okuvamile.
Ukucatshangelwa kokugcina ngobuhlakani
Njengoba ubuhlakani bungathatha ubukhulu obungaphezu kwemvelo ngesipho somusa, kufanele sihlole ngokucophelela izeluleko esizithola kwabanye abagcina lokhu engqondweni. Isibonelo, lapho opapa beveza ukwahlulela kwabo ngobulungiswa bempi ethile, kufanele sikwazise ukwedlula izeluleko, kothi, ngomuntu ozozuza imali ezimpini.
Futhi kufanele sikhumbule njalo ukuthi incazelo yokuqonda idinga ukuthi sahlulele kahle. Uma ukwahlulela kwethu kufakazelwa ngemuva kokuthi iqiniso selingalungile, khona-ke asikakhiphi "ukuhlakanipha" kodwa ukwahlulela okungenamkhawulo, esingadinga ukulungiswa ngakho.