THY1 Flashcards
(33 cards)
Impairments of required knowledge
*Ignorance
*Error
*Inattention
Impairments to free consent
*Passion
*Fear and Social Pressure
*Violence
*Dispositions and Habits
Ignorance which a man is not able to dispel
by such reasonable diligence
Completely takes away the voluntariness of the
malice and hence its responsibility too.
Invincible:
Ignorance that can be dispelled by simple
diligence; Voluntary in cause; provoked by
conscious negligence or even bad will
Kinds: Simply vincible, Supine, and Affected
Vincible
Arises from deficient education, bad
company or misleading information
One is not responsible for the
consequences of error made in good
faith.
Error, False Judgment or
conviction
Refers to momentary deprivation of
insight. If attention is completely
lacking, there is no human act.
Inattention
Movement of the sensitive appetite
that precedes the free decision of the
will; Movement of the sensitive
appetite which is moved by the good
or evil apprehended by imagination.
Passion or concupiscence
Mental trepidation due to an impending
evil. It is fear of the senses and not
intellectual fear which is one of the
passions, (e.g., threat of torture)
- The emotion of ___, which completely
darkens the mind or paralyses the will
excuses from imputability.
Fear
Compulsive influence brought to bear upon
a one against his will by some extrinsic
agent.
- There is imputability except in so far as the
inner will may have consented or external
resistance have fallen shortof the degree
necessary and possible in the
circumstance.
Violence
Facility and readiness in acting in a certain manner acquired by repeated acts
Habits
The special quality of the direct object of the act.
- Circumstance of Thing.
Although man’s intention
may be normally good, if the means
of attainting the end are illicit or
unlawful, his acts are immoral.”
Circumstance of Means (By what
means)
The way the agent manages to do
his act.
Circumstance of Manner (How).
The
time of the action performed.
Circumstance of Time (When).
The setting or place where the agent
performs an action.
Circumstance of Place (Where).
The “subject or the person who does
or receives the action.”
Circumstance of Person (Who).
are secondary elements of
a moral act
Circumstances, including the
consequences,
In contrast to the object, the
intention resides in the acting
subject.
- Because it lies at the voluntary
source of an action and
determines it by its end, intention
is an element essential to the
moral evaluation of an action. - The end is the first goal of the
intention and indicates the
purpose pursued in the action.
Intention (finis operantis)
T OR F
It is important to remember
that there are actions which
are intrinsically evil, i.e., even
when performed with a good
intention remain to be evil.
TRUE
Principle of double effects: The moral object may not be evil in itself.
FIRST
Principle of double effects: The good and evil effects must proceed at least equally directly from the act.
Second
Prin. of double effect: The intention of agent must be good. The agent may not approve intend or approve of the evil effect.
Third
