Chapter 3 Flashcards
(70 cards)
The only way to give meaning to human existence is to posit a?
Goal
It is a fact, as we experience, as the every human activity tends toward as?
end, a purpose, or goal.
Ignacio (1985) puts it in a syllogistic form: (Man and His Ends)
All acts tend toward an end
But human existence is an act
Therefore, human existence tends toward an end.
The very cause of human existence
End
End is the very reason why an______________, the very reason for its__________.
act is performed
existence
Both a termination of an act and a goal thereof
End
End is what completes an?
Act
It is also the for which an act is performed
End
We do not speak of end here as ________ or ________ or rim of an object, but rather the______________.
Edge or limit
Object of an act
Man would not move to make an act without an object (end) in view. If he makes an act without any purpose to attain, he is acting without any directions. In a sense, he could be?
Abnormal
Man would not move to make an act without an____________.
object (end) in view
The end is?
The final cause of a human activity
The end is that which is apprehended as desirable. Since it is desirable, it attracts the agent to do an act towards it.
The end of human act is good
There is no one who would intend to attain?
Evil for its own sake
Per se cannot be desired as an end to be attained.
Evil
An object or act is perceived as good when it is useful for one’s purpose and satisfaction.
Good as to utility
Thing is perceived as good due to its________________
Utility value
Is relative depending on its usefulness or destructiveness or non-usefulness to our purpose at the moment.
Goodness of an object
People consider an object or act as a thing of beauty when it satisfies their aesthetic appetite
Good as to beauty
Goodness by nature is real, not accidental. In this context a thing is seen as good, not because of usefulness or aesthetic value, but because it is its nature and reality.
Good as to nature and reality
Goodness by nature is real, not_____________. In this context a thing is seen as good, not because of__________________, but because it is its___________.
accidental
usefulness or aesthetic value
nature and reality
Applied specifically to beings of moral nature: human being
Moral good
Beings of moral nature
Human beings
People know what is right which he is___________ to do, and the evil which he___________.
Inclined to do
He tends to avoid
