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	Systematic Theology - Lecture 6 - B
		Blessedness is a good in itself, and ought to be willed for that reason, and moral agents are under obligation to will that all beings capable of good may be worthy to enjoy, and may, therefore, actually enjoy blessedness.
		The relation that holiness, merit, good desert, etc., sustains to moral obligation, is this: they supply the condition of the obligation to will the actual blessedness of the being or beings who are holy.
		But if good desert deserves good, it is self-evident that the intrinsic value of the good is the ground, and merit only a condition, of obligation to will the actual and particular enjoyment of the good by the meritorious individual.
	www.godrules.net /library/systematic/systematic6b.htm (1945 words)

	Merit good - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A merit good is defined in economics as a good that is under consumed if provided by the market mechanism because individuals typically consider how the good benefits them as individuals rather than the benefits that consumption generates for others in society.
		In economic terms, this is because the positive externalities of the good are not internalized by consumers.
		Goods typically considered to be merit goods include education and preventive healthcare.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merit_good (201 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Merit
		In applying these notions of merit to man's relation to God it is especially necessary to keep in mind the fundamental truth that the virtue of justice cannot be brought forward as the basis of a real title for a Divine reward either in the natural or in the supernatural order.
		The substantial and conceptual distinction between merit and satisfaction holds good when applied to the justified Christian, for every meritorious act has for its main object the increase of grace and of eternal glory, while satisfactory works have for their object the removal of the temporal punishment still due to sin.
		Hence the Church urges her children to forming each morning the "good intention", that they may thereby sanctify the whole day and make even the indifferent actions of their exterior life serve for the glory of God; "all for the greater glory of God", is the constant prayer of the faithful Catholic.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10202b.htm (6044 words)

	Merit good: A Glossary of Political Economy Terms - Dr. Paul M. Johnson
		A good (or service) which some "outside analyst" considers to be intrinsically desirable, uplifting or socially valuable for other people to consume, independently of the actual desires or preferences of the consumer himself.
		In the case of such goods, it is sometimes held that free consumer choice is inappropriate, and therefore that if many consumers left to themselves are unwilling to purchase "appropriate" quantities of such goods, they should be encouraged or even compelled to consume them anyway.
		Typical examples of alleged merit goods might include various forms of "higher culture" often ignored by "lowbrows" (grand opera and ballet performances, museums, uplifting documentaries or talking heads shows on PBS TV stations), the services of the clergy of The One True Religion, schoolroom instruction for children, etc.
	www.auburn.edu /~johnspm/gloss/merit_good (163 words)

	Lecture 6 Foundation of Moral Obligation (3)
		But as this goodness consists in love or benevolence, it is impossible that it should be regarded or chosen, as an ultimate end; and to choose it were to choose the divine choice, to intend the divine intention as an ultimate end, instead of choosing what God chooses, and intending what He intends.
		Merit, moral worth, good desert, is the condition, or occasion, of the affirmation, and of the resulting conscious satisfaction and is therefore a good, but it is not, and cannot be an ultimate, or intrinsic good.
		Again, it is impossible that goodness, virtue, good desert, merit, should be a distinct ground or foundation of moral obligation, in such a sense as to impose or properly to increase obligation.
	wesley.nnu.edu /related_traditions/finney/systematic/lecture6.htm (6634 words)

	HOW TO GET GOOD RESULTS FROM DOING MERIT
		A good deed that has been done incorrectly which causes one's merit failure comes from 4 reasons: performing virtue in the wrong place, to the wrong person, at the wrong time and never follow-up one virtue.
		An example is that some people prepare food and many other useful things to do merit, but instead of giving alms as a religious tradition, they worship a spirit house, a spirit at a big tree, forest ghost or a spirit of the sea, and so on.
		Merits from offering light for alms, for example, candles, torch light, electricity, incense sticks, and so on, will help us to have beautiful and bright eyes; moreover, we may not need glasses at all in our next lives.
	members.tripod.com /arahan/merit.html (10671 words)

	Finney's Systematic Theology--1851 Edition--Lecture VII
		The relation that holiness, merit, good desert, andc., sustain to moral obligation, is this: they supply the condition of the obligation to will the actual blessedness of the being or beings who are holy.
		It is impossible that goodness, virtue, good desert, merit, should be a distinct ground or foundation of moral obligation in such a sense as to impose or properly to increase obligation.
		If the good is to be willed because it is valuable, this must be the fundamental reason or foundation of the obligation to will it; and his goodness is and can be only a secondary reason or condition of the obligation to will good to him in particular, or to will his actual blessedness.
	www.gospeltruth.net /mg/st07.htm (8552 words)

	The Marketing of Merit In The Roman Catholic Religion
		Congruous merit is said to be 'fitting merit' for those who, apart from the grace of God, do good works to the best of their ability.
		Merit "In religion, the right to a supernatural reward for good works freely done for a supernatural motive by a person in the state of and with the assistance of grace.
		Shea is fully aware that the Roman Catholic religion teaches that all good works of merit (condign merit) have their starting point with the grace of God, he is free to be clever in the mixing and matching of his terms.
	www.cwrc-rz.org /thlarchive/thla-007.php (2479 words)

	Summa Theologica \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		But since it is befitting the goodness of God, that wherever He finds a disposition He should grant the perfection, a man is said to merit congruously some good by means of good works done without charity.
		Since, however, this is not merit properly so called, we should grant that such works are not meritorious of any good, rather than that they are.
		Consequently no work of ours can merit a reward by reason of its measure of goodness, but it can by reason of charity, which makes friends hold their possessions in common.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/aquinas/summa.XP_Q14_A4.html (671 words)

	happiness results from merit
		But a heavenly rebirth, wealth, good friends, wisdom, insight, and many other beneficial things can be the fruitation of previous good merit.
		It is the natural law of karma; of cause and effect, the cause is the choice of a good intentional effort, the effect is a more happy state.
		May your merit be made fruitfull by the Sangha.
	www.mayallbehappy.nl.eu.org /site/merit.htm (407 words)

	Demerit good: A Glossary of Political Economy Terms - Dr. Paul M. Johnson
		Sometimes also referred to by the term "merit bad." A good or service available for purchase on the market that some "outside analyst" regards as intrinsically unhealthy, degrading, or socially damaging for other people to consume, regardless of the consumers' own desires, preferences and values.
		Examples of commodities often treated as demerit goods include tobacco, alcohol and other psychoactive recreational drugs; gambling devices; culturally taboo food products; sexually explicit art and literature; the services of prostitutes; the teaching of unconventional political, economic or religious doctrines; and the provision of disapproved medical services such as birth control counseling or abortion.
		With respect to such goods, it is often argued that the individual is not the best judge of his or her own welfare and that the government should therefore intervene in the marketplace to discourage the production, sale and/or consumption of demerit goods.
	www.auburn.edu /~johnspm/gloss/demerit_good (179 words)

	Mr. D's Merit Badge Review 2006
		Good camp badge in terms of having the materials you need, but can be done at home too.
		This is a good one to be an older scout, having 1st Class swimming requirements and CPR (via First Aid or other merit badges) - access to a motorboat is required.
		Good basic intro on your choice of three types of skating, does require a demonstration of skill.
	usscouts.org /advance/docs/MrDsReview.html (2058 words)

	MINNCOR Tables
		Merit offers multi-purpose tables that can handle the stress of high traffic areas and still retain their good looks.
		Merit tables are the superior, light-weight contender because they're more durable than most.
		Merit offers cantilever bases along with folding bases that include flip-top release mechanisms for ease of storage and use.
	www.minncor.com /tables/merit.htm (111 words)

	Information On The BSA Advancement Program
		The Merit Badge Counselor Recommendation Form can be given out to others so that they can provide names of individuals who could make good merit badge counselors.
		In addition to standard requirements for each individual rank or merit badge, there are also general requirements which apply to the advancement process.
		It is a simplified way of identifying merit badges which is used on the advancement chart and some paperwork.
	www.meritbadge.com /info (537 words)

	AS Economics: Public and Merit Goods
		Health care is both a merit good and a public good
		An argument for the State providing merit goods and services free of charge is that
		Merit goods are under-provided through the free working of the price mechanism because
	www.tutor2u.net /quiz/economics/jbc_econ_meritgoods_1.htm (720 words)

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		The merits for good works, therefore must be attributed in the first place to the grace of God and then to the free will of man.
		The fatherly action of God is first on his own initiative, and then follows man's free acting through his collaboration, so that the merit of good works is to be attributed in the first place to the grace of God, then to the faithful.
		Man's merit, moreover, itself is due to God, for his good actions proceed in Christ, from the predispositions and assistance given by the Holy Spirit.
	www.xanga.com /PresterJohn/533862798/grace-and-merit.html (606 words)

	EIPS - Merit of Good Works
		Vasquez has laid it down that "the good works of just persons are, of themselves, without any covenant or acceptation, acceptation, worlity of the reward of eternal life." The error here is deep and deadly.
		Wherefore we never pray to God that, by the merits of Christ, the reward of eternal life may be given to our worthy and meritorious works; but that Christ's grace may be given to us, whereby we may be enabled worthily to merit this reward."
		The tree is now made good, and good fruits follow, and in their absence there is no proof that the tree has been medicated.
	www.ianpaisley.org /article.asp?ArtKey=goodworks (573 words)

	Search good - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In economics, a search good is a product or service with features and characteristics easily observable before purchase.
		In a distinction originally due to Philip Nelson, a search good is contrasted with an experience good.
		Search goods are more subject to price competition, as consumers can easily verify the price of the product at other outlets and make sure that the products are comparable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Search_good (210 words)

	Reward and Merit
		In the second century, the technical Latin term for "merit" was introduced as a synonym for the Greek word for "reward." Thus merit and reward are two sides of the same coin.
		The most merit humans can have is condign—when, under the impetus of God’s grace, they perform acts which please him and which he has promised to reward (Rom.
		We grant that eternal life is a reward because it is something that is owed—not because of our merits [in the strict sense] but because of the promise [of God].
	www.catholic.com /library/Reward_and_Merit.asp (1495 words)

	Merit Quotes & Quotations compiled by GIGA
		It never occurs to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
		The vapors which gather round the rising sun, and follow him in his course, seldom fail at the close of it to form a magnificent theatre for his reception, and to invest with variegated tints and with a softened effulgence the luminary which they cannot hide.
		The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.
	www.giga-usa.com /quotes/topics/merit_t001.htm (568 words)

	2006 Merit Badge Program
		Camp La-No-Che provides a good merit badge program at one of the best camp facilities in the state of Florida and the southeast.
		Enhanced program providing a good merit badge program teaching the scouts their outdoor skills.
		These merit badges provides the scouts another avenue to explore future career skills to help with a job or to be handy at home.
	www.camplanoche.com /2006_merit_badge_program.htm (204 words)

	Philosophy 433
		Good/bad is tied to the estimable to merit.
		‘Good’ is the primary notion, and bad is what is not good.
		All persons have value themselves quite apart from the merit of anything they achieve or accomplish.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~sdarwall/433n204.html (1015 words)

	GVU Center NSFNET Statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		On April 30, 1995, the NSFNET Backbone Service was successfully transitioned to the new architecture, where traffic is exchanged at interconnection points called NAPs (Network Access Points.) With the end of the NSFNET project, this data will no longer be collected.
		Another good source is Russ Haynal's ISP Page.
		WWW as measured by Merit during April 1995 is now the largest byte and packet mover!!
	www.cc.gatech.edu /gvu/stats/NSF/merit.html (326 words)

	Schools known for good merit aid - Page 22 - College Discussion
		Offers upper class merit awards; at least $1 M given out this year.
		I have never really looked at this thread, but I would highly recommend anyone with fairly strong stats, who is interested in a wonderful liberal arts college, to look at Denison University outside Columbus, Ohio.
		Washington and Lee and Davidson are the most highly regarded LACs which give out good merit aid.
	talk.collegeconfidential.com /showthread.php?p=2710854 (424 words)

	Merit Gardens - an organization helping you grow excellence!
		What are some of the winners for Plants of Merit for 2007?
		Just as every plant needs some root system for nourishment and support, Merit Gardens is an organization of plant and horticulture specialists with the desire to nourish and support gardeners and landscapers in the Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas Areas.
		Pass on information, share data and results, and continue to promote ecologically safe methods of landscaping.
	www.meritgardens.org (198 words)

	SSRN-Adam Smith and Musgrave's Concept of Merit Good by Wilfried Ver Eecke
		SSRN-Adam Smith and Musgrave's Concept of Merit Good by Wilfried Ver Eecke
		In this paper I claim that Adam Smith distinguished between economic activities without labeling these distinctions and that those distinctions correspond with the modern concepts of private, public and merit good.
		Musgrave introduced the concept of merit good, but he himself (and several commentators) limited the applicability of the concept merit good.
	papers.ssrn.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=350261 (171 words)

	Merit Badge Research Center
		Consider the MBRC your starting point when working on your merit badges.
		Within this web site you will find the requirements for every merit badge you can earn as a member of the Boy Scouts of America.
		In addition, there are numerous links to sites which can help you learn more about each subject and earn your merit badges.
	www.meritbadge.com /bsa (112 words)

	(GCMGA8) The Good Merit Cache by hobbycache
		This is a tupperware box with some merit batch cards and a joke book.
		Found this one with TomsGeoSis, last thing before taking her to the airport for a return home.
		The scouts did a good job with this cache.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCMGA8 (225 words)

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