Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Actions that proceed from insight into the nature and purpose of one’s doing and from consent of free will.

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Human Acts

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Actions that are essentially the result of his/her conscious knowledge, freedom and voluntariness or consent

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Human Acts

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THEY ARE ACTIONS INSTINCTIVE AND ARE NOT CONTROL OF THE WILL

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Acts of Man

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Actions are biological and physiological movements such as metabolism, respiration, blinking of the eye

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Acts of Man

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Difference of Human Acts and Acts of Man?

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Human Acts: Voluntary; Acts of Man: Involuntary

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It is performed by a conscious agent who is aware of what he/she is doing and of its consequences, may it be good or evil. (knowledge)

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ACT MUST BE DELIBERATE

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It must be done by an agent who is acting freely, with his/her own volition and powers.

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ACT MUST BE PERFORMED IN FREEDOM

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It must be performed by an agent who decides willfully to perform the act.

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ACT MUST BE DONE VOLUNTARILY

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3 BASIC ELEMENTS OF HUMAN ACT

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K- Knowledge
F- Freedom
V- Voluntary

ACT MUST BE DELIBERATE (Knowledge)
ACT MUST BE PERFORMED IN FREEDOM
ACT MUST BE DONE VOLUNTARILY

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An act is a physical tendency
towards a definite result.

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THE ACT ITSELF/ OBJECT OF
THE ACT

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It comes first in the mind as intention and occurs last in action as its fulfillment

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THE MOTIVE/INTENTION

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Various conditions outside of the act

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THE CIRCUMSTANCES

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Actions are bad because they produce such evil as pain, illness, death.

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(physical sense)

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  • actions are bad because they are “unfit” to the natural and spiritual tendencies of the human soul.
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Moral sense

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is one which is in accordance with truth, justice, prudence and temperance. bad motive that grows from selfishness because it provokes actions detrimental to others.

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Good motive

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True or False
“Without a motive, action is meaningless and consider as accident.”

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True Tumpak Korek

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True or False
An evil act with evil motive is grievously right

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False; wrong

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True or False
A good act with evil motive becomes evil itself

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True

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True or False
A good act with good motive acquires additional merit

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True #plus points sa langit daw eme

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True or False
An indifferent act may either become good or bad depending on the other POV.

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False
An indifferent act may either become good or bad depending on their motive.

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conditions that influence to a lesser or greater degree, the moral quality of the human act.

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CIRCUMSTANCES

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Kinds of Circumstances of the Act
1. - Doer of the Act
2. Time of the Act
3. Act itself and the quality and the quantity of the act
4. Circumstances of place where the act is committed

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  1. Who
  2. When
  3. What
  4. Where
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Kinds of Circumstances of the Act
1. Recipienr of the Action and companion of the Act
2. motive of the act
3. Manner/means/mode of the act

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  1. With and to Whom
  2. Why
  3. How
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3 MAJOR DETERMINANTS OF MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS

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O-Object
M- Motive
C- Circumstances

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diminish the degree of moral good or evil of the act.
Mitigating
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increase the degree of the moral good or evil in an act without adding a new and distinct species of moral good or evil.
Aggravating
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show adequate reason for the action
Justifying
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give a new and distinct species of moral good or evil.
Specifying
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4 Types of Circumstances
1. Mitigating 2. Aggravating 3. Justifying 4. Specifying
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True or False Circumstances does not increase / decrease the wrongfulness of an evil act
False It may
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True or False Circumstances may either increase/decrease the merits of the good act
True
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True or False Circumstances may exempt temporarily someone from doing a required act
True
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True or False Circumstances do not prove the guilt of the person
True
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Factors that influence man's inner disposition towards certain actions.
MODIFIERS OF HUMAN ACTS
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They affect the mental and emotional state of the person to the extent that the voluntariness involved in an act is either increased or decreased.
MODIFIERS OF HUMAN ACTS
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5 Modifiers of Human Acts
1IGNORANCE 2PASSIONS 3FEAR 4VIOLENCE 5HABIT
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"_______ of the law excuses no one
Ignorance
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it is the absence of knowledge which a person ought to have
Ignorance
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it can be easily remedied through ordinary diligence and reasonable efforts
Vincible
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A person keeps by positive efforts in order to escape responsibility or blame.
Affected Ignorance
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An ignorance which an individual may have, without being aware
Invincible
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Types of Ignorance
Vincible Invincible
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True or False INVINCIBLE IGNORANCE RENDERS AN ACT VOLUNTARILY
False; Involuntary
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True or False A person cannot be held morally responsible or liable if he or she is not aware of the state of his or her ignorance.
True
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True or False VINCIBLE IGNORANCE DOES NOT DESTROY BUT LESSENS THE VOLUNTARINESS AND THE CORRESPONDING AccoUNTABILITY OVER THE ACT.
True
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T or F A person who becomes aware of the state of ignorance he or she is in has moral obligation to correct it by employing enough diligence
TTTT
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True or False AFFECTED IGNORANCE OR PRETENDED IGNORANCE DOES NOT EXCUSE A PERSON FROM HIS/HER BAD ACTIONS ON THE CONTRARY IT ACTUALLY INCREASES THEIR MALICE.
True
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This ignorance happens when a person really wants and chooses to be ignorant.
AFFECTED IGNORANCE OR PRETENDED IGNORANCE
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A strong or powerful feeling or emotion. bodily appetites or tendencies as experienced and expressed
Passion
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Either an inclination towards desirable objects or a tendency away from undesirable or harmful things.
Passion
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Passion include?
positive (love/desire/delight) and negative (hatred/horror/sadness).
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Passion are either?
Antecedent Consequent
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Those can precede an act
Antecedent
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Passions that are intentionally aroused and kept
Consequent
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A person is emotionally aroused to perform an act
Antecedent
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True or False Antecedent passion do not always destroy voluntariness, but they diminish accountability
True
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Dfference between antecedent and consequent
Antecedent:emotionally driven; Consequent:Intentionally driven
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True or False Consequent passion do not lessen the voluntariness, but may even increase accountability.
True
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Disturbance of the mind of a person who is confronted by an impending danger or harm to himself or loved ones.
Fear
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an instinct of self preservation
Fear
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Certain Actions which by nature are dangerous or risky are done with varying degree of fear
ACTS DONE WITH FEAR
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Fear becomes a positive force of a person to act without careful deliberation
ACTS DONE OUT/BECAUSE OF FEAR
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Voluntary or Involuntary Acts done "with" fear are
Voluntary
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Voluntary or Involuntary Acts done "because of" is
Voluntary
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Voluntary or Involuntary Acts done because of intense fear or panic are
Involuntary
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Any physical force exerted on a person by another person for the purpose of compelling to act against his will
VIOLENCE
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True or False External actions performed by a person subjected to violence to which reasonable resistance has been offered are involuntary but are still accountable
False; they are not accountable
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A lasting readiness and facility, born of frequently repeated acts for acting in a certain manner
Habits
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Habit forming is easy but getting it rid is very difficult true or nah
very true
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ACTIONS DONE BY FORCE OF A HABIT ARE VOLUNTARY IN A CAUSE True or False
True
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Habit are result of previously willed acts done repeatedly thus it subjects to unconscious behavior and emanates involuntariness on the part of the person True or False
False they done that repeatedly thus it emanates voluntariness