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Reviewer in Ethics MIDTERM
Reviewer in Ethics MIDTERM
Reviewer in Ethics MIDTERM
Act of Man
"Actions committed by unconscious and
insane persons, infants or those who are
physically force to do something."
The end or purpose is the intention of theacting subject, or what inspire the
acting subject.
Circumstances
Including the consequences, refer to the time, place, person, and conditions
surrounding the moral act. They either increase or diminish the moral goodness
or evil of human acts.
Level 2: Conventional
- A child’s sense of morality is tied to personal and societal relationships.
- Children continue to accept the rules of authority figures, but this is now
due to their belief that this is necessary to ensure positive relationships and
societal order.
Stage 3: “Good boy, Nice girl” Orientation
Children want the approval of others and act in ways to avoid disapproval.
Stage 4: Law and Order Orientation
The child/individual becomes aware of the wider rules of society, so judgements
concern obeying the rules in order go uphold the law and to avoid guilt.
Moral Agent- is a being who is capable is those action that have moral quality
and which can be property denominated Good and Evil in a moral scene
(Edward 1754)
Those of which a man is Master ,which he has the power of doing or not doing as
he please ”Or those act which proceed from man as a rational being
(Edward 1754)
HARING 1971- “Morality is for person”
- A moral Agent is one who performs an Act in Accordance with moral standard
For St. Thomas, the highest good or end is happiness but the absolutely final end
is God.
First principles- Every agent that performs an action acts for the sake of the end
or purpose to be attained. in other words, a moral agent is purpose driven
Second principles -every agents act for an end
Third principles- Every agent has the power of moving for an end which is
suitable or good for him/her.
Passion
CONSEQUENT PASSION
ANTECEDENT PASSION
Passion refers to positive emotions like love,
desire, delight, hope, and bravery and negative
emotions like hatred, horror, sadness, despair,
fear, and anger.
DEFINING MOMENTS
REFERS TO A SIGNIFICANT LIFE-CHANGING EVENT OR
MOMENT THAT REVERBERATES THROUGHOUT YOUR
CAREER AND PERSONAL LIFE AND SO CHANGES
EVERYTHING
ROMANS 13:13-14