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HUMAN ACTS

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ACTUS HUMANI

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HUMAN ACTS

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ACTS THAT PROCEED FROM REASON AND FREE WILL

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HUMAN ACTS

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RIGHTLY CALLED PERSONAL ACTS

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ACTS OF MAN

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ACTUS HOMINIS

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ACTS OF MAN

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ACTIONS WHICH ARE PERFORMED WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF THE INTELLECT AND THE FREE WILL

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ACTS OF MAN

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THEY COMPRISE ALL SPONTANEOUS,

BIOLOGICAL AND SENSUAL PROCESSES

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ACTS OF MAN

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INDELIBERATE, INVOLUNTARY, NOT FREE, NOT UNDER ONE’S CONTROL, AND BEYOND THE MIND AND WILL

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  1. KNOWLEDGE

2. FREEDOM

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CONSTITUENT PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ACTS

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FREEDOM

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ability to act without restraint.

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FREEDOM

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is also known as self-determination, individual sovereignty, or autonomy

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  1. THE OBJECT / THE ACT ITSELF
  2. CIRCUMSTANCES
  3. THE END INTENDED BY THE AGENT / INTENTION
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DETERMINANTS/Sources OF MORALITY

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THE OBJECT / THE ACT ITSELF

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FINIS OPERIS

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THE OBJECT / THE ACT ITSELF

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THE OBJECT IS THE ACT OF THE WILL.

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THE OBJECT / THE ACT ITSELF

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It is the primary source for the judgment of an action

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THE OBJECT / THE ACT ITSELF

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The action or the deed itself

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THE OBJECT / THE ACT ITSELF

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The matter of human act

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THE OBJECT / THE ACT ITSELF

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The object chosen is a good toward which the will deliberately directs itself.

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CIRCUMSTANCES

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THE CONDITIONS OUTSIDE THE ACT (not part of the act)

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CIRCUMSTANCES

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that influence or affect the act by increasing or lessening its VOLUNTARINESS or freedom thus AFFECT THE MORALITY OF THE ACT

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CIRCUMSTANCES

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The Circumstance of Person
The Circumstance of Place
The Circumstance of Time
The Circumstance of Manner
The Condition of the Agent
The Circumstance of the Thing Itself
The Means
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Circumstance of PERSON

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refers to the doer (agent) of the act and the receiver or person to whom the act is done.

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Circumstance of PLACE

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Refers to the particular space or locality where the act is done or performed

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Circumstance of TIME

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Refers to the exact or definite moment or hour when the act is performed.

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Circumstance of MANNER

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Refers to the WAY THE AGENT manage to do his act.

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Circumstance of MANNER
“how did the agent do the act?”
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Condition of the AGENT
In what condition was the agent when he/she performed the act how did the agent do the act?”
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Condition of the AGENT
“was the agent ignorant or influenced by fear, habits, emotions, etc.?”
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Circumstance of the THING ITSELF
Denotes the special quality of the object
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The MEANS
“By what means?” and “By whose help?”
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THE END INTENDED BY THE AGENT / INTENTION
FINIS OPERANTIS
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THE END INTENDED BY THE AGENT / INTENTION
It is the objective of the act
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THE END INTENDED BY THE AGENT / INTENTION
The reason or the intention for doing an act.
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THE END INTENDED BY THE AGENT / INTENTION
THE REASON FOR WHICH THE AGENT UNDERTAKES THE ACT | The movement of the will toward the end
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THE END INTENDED BY THE AGENT / INTENTION
It is an essential element to the moral evaluation of an action
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1. PERFECTLY VOLUNTARY | 2. IMPERFECTLY VOLUNTARY
KINDS OF VOLUNTARY ACTS
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PERFECTLY VOLUNTARY ACT
IS AN ACT WHICH IS PERFORMED WITH FULL ATTENTION | AND FULL CONSENT OF THE WILL.
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IMPERFECTLY VOLUNTARY
IS AN ACT IF ATTENTION OR CONSENT OF THE WILL OR BOTH TOGETHER ARE IMPERFECT
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MODIFIERS OF HUMAN ACTS
Factors which may affect any of the constituents VOLUNTARY human acts
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MODIFIERS OF HUMAN ACTS
These factors may diminish one’s culpability | guilt, fault, responsibility, blameworthiness
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MODIFIERS OF HUMAN ACTS
These are obstacles affecting the voluntariness of human acts
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IGNORANCE
merely the lack or absence of knowledge of a person capable of knowing a certain thin or things
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VINCIBLE | INVINCIBLE
TWO TYPES OF IGNORANCE
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INVINCIBLE IGNORANCE
AN IGNORANCE WHICH cannot be clear up (or dispelled), or KNOWLEDGE THAT IS LACKING AND CANNOT BE ACQUIRED.
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INVINCIBLE IGNORANCE
No VOLUNTARINESS OF THE MALICE AND HENCE NO RESPONSIBILITY TOO.
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VINCIBLE IGNORANCE
Ignorance that which CAN AND SHOULD BE DISPELLED
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VINCIBLE IGNORANCE
This implies CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE
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1. simple, 2. crass, 3. affected
Kinds of VINCIBLE ignorance:
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SIMPLE vincible
one uses some, but NOT enough diligence in an effort to remove ignorance.
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SIMPLE vincible
The ACTION is culpable, however, culpability is LESSENED by the presence of ignorance
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CRASS or supine vincible
a kind of ignorance which, though not directly willed, could and should be cleared up, but left wholly undisturbed.
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CRASS or supine vincile
The culpability is LESSEN yet makes one gravely culpable if it concerns a matter of GRAVE importance.
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AFFECTED vincible
which is deliberately fostered in order to avoid any obligation that knowledge might bring to light
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AFFECTED vincible
Not lack of knowledge and deliberate unwillingness to dispel her ignorance
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AFFECTED vincible
In regard to MATTER of serious importance is GRAVELY culpable
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Invincible ignorance
no responsibility or culpability
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Vincible ignorance
do not eliminate MORAL RESPONSIBILLITY but LESSENS /GRAVER it
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PASSION OR CONCUPISCENCE
A MOVEMENT OF THE SENSITIVE (irrational) APPETITE WHICH IS produced BY THE GOOD OR EVIL APPREHENDED BY THE mind
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PASSION OR CONCUPISCENCE
MOVEMENT OF THE SENSITIVE APPETITE | THAT PRECEDES THE FREE DECISION OF THE WILL
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ANTECEDENT | CONSEQUENT
TWO types OF PASSION/CONCUPISCENCE
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ANTECEDENT
arises spontaneously before the previous judgment of reason& before the will controls the psychological situation.
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CONSEQUENT
which is DELIBERATELY aroused by the will to ensure a more prompt and willing operation.
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FEAR
A MENTAL AGITATION OF DISTURBANCE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE APPREHENSION OF SOME PRESENT OR IMMANENT DANGER
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GRAVE FEAR | SLIGHT FEAR
2 TYPES OF FEAR
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GRAVE FEAR
aroused by the presence of a danger regarded as SERIOUS.
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SLIGHT FEAR
aroused by less or not serious which can be easily avoided.
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VIOLENCE
AN EXTERNAL FORCE APPLIED | TO COMPEL A PERSON TO DO SOMETHING CONTRARY TO HIS WILL
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VIOLENCE
CAUSED BY SOME PHYSICAL OR PSYCHIC AGENT
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VIOLENCE
THERE IS NO IMPUTABILITY, EXCEPT INSOFAR AS THE INNER WILL MAY HAVE CONSENTED OR EXTERNAL RESISTANCE HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF THE DEGREE NECESSARY AND POSSIBLE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCE
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PERFECT | IMPERFECT
TWO GENERAL types of violence:
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Perfect violence
one in which complete resistance is given.
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Imperfect violence
occurs when some resistance is shown but NOT as MUCH as should be.
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HABITS
Inclination to perform some particular action acquired by repetition, and characterized by a decreased power of resistance and an increased facility of performance.
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HABITS
Sometimes called: “second nature”
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VICE
If disposes to evil
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VIRTUE
If disposes to good

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