1 - The Nature of Human Acts

Question 1

An act which proceeds from the deliberate free will of man

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Human Act (Actus Humanus)

Question 2

An act that proceeds from the knowing and freely willing human being
Ex: listening to a talk, studying this PDF

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Human Act (Actus Humanus)

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These are man’s animal act of sensation (use of the senses) and appetition (bodily tendencies) done without advertence and the exercise of free choice
Ex: actions done in infancy (peeing), in sleep, in delirium, etc.

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Act of Man (Actus Hominis)

Question 4

It is to be noted that an act of man can become a human act by

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the advertence and consent of the agent.

Question 5

Human acts are

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moral acts

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For human acts, man is responsible, and they are

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imputed to him, as worthy of praise or blame, of reward or punishment

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Human acts tend to repeat and form habits in man, which in turn

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unite into his character.

Question 8

Thus, a man is what

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his human acts make him

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2 Classifications of the Nature of Human Acts

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• Based on Complete/Adequate Cause
• Based on the Relation of Human Acts to Reason

Question 10

There are some acts that begin and are perfected in the will itself, and the rest begin in the will and are perfected by other faculties under control of the will.

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Based on Complete/Adequate Cause

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These are those that find their adequate cause in the will (the deliberate will) alone
Ex: your intention to study in your room

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Elicited Acts

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These are those that do not find their adequate cause in the will-act but are perfected by the action of mental or bodily powers under orders from the will.
Ex: using your mind, eyes, etc. in studying

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Commanded Acts

Question 13

Refers to the simple love of anything
The first tendency of the will towards a thing, whether realizable or not
Every human act begins with the ___ to act
Ex: I do so long to see you tonight

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Wish

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The purposive tendency of the will towards a thing regarded as realizable, whether the thing is actually done or not
Ex: I will see you tonight.

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Intention

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The acceptance by the will of the means necessary to carry out intention
It is the further intention of doing what is necessary to realize the main intention
Ex: If I will see you tonight, I consent to how really to see you.

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Consent

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The selection by the will of the precise means to be employed in carrying out an intention
Ex: I will select riding my bike to see you tonight.

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Election

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The employment by the will of bodily or mental powers or both to carry out its intention by the means elected
Ex: to actually see you, I will command my mental and bodily powers to carry out my intention.

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Use

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The enjoyment of a thing willed and done
The will’s act of satisfaction in intention fulfilled
Ex: I will experience this the moment I will actually see you.

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Fruition

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Acts done by internal mental powers under command of the will
Ex: effort to remember, effort to control anger

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Internal

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Acts affected by bodily powers under command of the will
Ex: eating halo-halo, writing your answers

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External

Question 21

Acts that involve the employment of bodily and mental powers
Ex: solving a math problem

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Mixed

Question 22

Human acts are either in agreement or disagreement with the dictates of reason, and this relationship constitutes the morality of human acts

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Based on the Relation of Human Acts to Reason

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When human acts are in harmony with the dictates of right reason

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Good

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When human acts are in opposition with the dictates of right reason

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Evil

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When they stand in no positive relation to the dictates of reason

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Indifferent (Amoral)

Question 26

These refer to the essential elements or qualities for an act to be human
These qualities are knowledge, freedom, and voluntariness

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Constituents of the Human Acts

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A human act proceeds from the deliberate will; it requires deliberation
Deliberation means advertence, or ____ in intellect of what one is about and what this means. Deliberation means _____.
Thus, no human act is possible without ____.

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Knowledge

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A human act is an act determined (elicited or commanded) by the will and by nothing else.
It is an act that us under control of the will, an act that the will can do or leave undone

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Freedom

Question 29

A human act to be ____, simply means it must be a will-act.
This is to say that there must be both knowledge and freedom in the agent or the doer of the action

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Voluntariness