modifiers of human act Flashcards

(50 cards)

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the quality of goodness or badness of human act

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morality

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the rightness and wrongness of human acts as they conform or do not conform to standards

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morality

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not everything that a man does is (blank)

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human act

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actions done under the circumstances of ignorance, passion, fear, violence and habits

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acts of man

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5
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human actions are influenced by factors called

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impediments to human actions

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these factors intervene and bar one’s actions from being human

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impediments to human actions

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7
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they affect the qualityof human acts

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impediments

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lack or absence of knowledge in a person capable of knowing certain things

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Ignorance

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9
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2 types of ignorance

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invincible and vincible ignorance

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type of ignorance that cannot be dispelled by ordinary diligence

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invincible

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causes of this type of ignorance may be impossible for the individual to remove his ignorance because they have no way of suspecting they are ignorant

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invincible ignorance

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they are unaware type of ignorance

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invincible

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type of ignorance that should be dispelled. agent could and should know

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vincible

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vincible ignorance can be cleared if one is (blank) enough

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diligent

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15
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type of ignorance wherein u are aware and responsible

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vincible

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the person performing the act is liable of such acts, thus actions are praiseworthy and blameworthy

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imputability of human act

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17
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this ignorance eliminates moral responsibility and culpability

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invincible

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18
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this ignorance does not eliminate culpability but lessens it. “ignorance of the law excuses no one”

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vincible ignorance

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19
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a mental agitation of disturbance brought about by the apprehension of some present or imminent danger

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fear

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20
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the danger in fear may be imaginary or real

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true

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21
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the types of fear

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grave fear and slight fear

22
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aroused by the presence of danger that is regarded by most people as serious

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judged to be serious by the one concerned

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aroused by a danger that is not serious. grave danger that is not probable

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types of slight fear
acts done with fear, acts done out of fear
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type of fear wherein they have responsibility, its voluntary and they act inspite of fear
acts done with fear
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type of fear wherein the person is not morally accountable for their decision and involuntary
acts done out of fear
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(blank) are strong tendencies towards the possesion of something good or towards the avoidance of something evil
passions/concupscience
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object of somebodys intense interest or enthusiasm or overpowering emotions or a sudden outburst of emotion
passion
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passions are in themselves (blank) but if they are subject to the command of will and reason, then moral good and evil are in them
amoral
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when ordered by the will to help man and woman in the practice of virtue
good
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when used by the will to accomplish morally evil actions
bad
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what are the types of passion>
antecedent, consequent,
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Sorrow over the death of a friend is good because it empathizes with the bereaved family. Fear of getting drunk is good
true
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Using courage to rob a bank.
bad
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are those that precede an act. It may happen that a person is emotionally aroused to perform an act.
Antecedent
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(blank) passions predispose a person to act.
antecedent
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Arises spontaneously before the will controls the situation. Sudden feelings of joy, hatred, pity, grief, anger, as reactionstonews ,objects, etc.
antecedent
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Deliberately aroused by the will to ensure a more prompt and willing operation. Continuously brooding over an insult, attacks the enemy and kills him
consequent
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those are said to be voluntary. the result of the will playing the strings of emotions. Thus a young man may deliberately arouse himself sexually by reading pornographic magazines
conqsequent
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do not destroy freedom, but lessens freedom and hence the responsibility of the agent because it tends to blind judgment of the intellect and freedom of the will
antecedent
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do not lessen voluntariness but may increase it because these passions are deliberately excited
consequent
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An external force applied by someone on another in order to compel him to perform an action against his will.
violence
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If one resists the violence as much as possible, the evil act to which one is forced is not (blank)
culpable.
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inclination to perform some particular action acquired by repetition, and characterized by a decrease power of resistance and an increase facility of performance.
habit
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Sometimes called second nature; something deeply embedded in an individual, but in grained by being acquired not being inborn. Repeated actions performed by the agent.
habit
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in habit (blank) disposes to god (blank) disposes one to evil
virtue, vice
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disposes to god
virtue
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disposes to evil
vice
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do not lessen the imputability of evil actions performed by force of habit if the habit has been recognized as evil and is freely permitted to continue.
evil habit