THE MORALITY OF

HUMAN ACTS
Cariaga, Jhun Carlo
Dimaano, Ma Stephanie Jean
Riojia, Joan
 A. HUMAN ACT AND ACT OF MAN

Human Act – it is a one that proceeds from the

deliberate free will of a man. It is an act that is deliberately
and knowingly performed by one having the use of reason.
Act of Man – it is the one that is not dependent upon
intellect and free will.
 FOR AN ACT TO BE CONSIDERED A HUMAN ACT
IT MUST POSSESS THE FOLLOWING ESSENTIAL
ATTRIBUTES:
1. It must be performed by a conscious agent who is
aware of what he is doing and of its consequences.
2. It must be perform by an agent who is acting freely,
that is, by his own volition and powers.
3. It must be performed by an agent who decides
willfully to perform the act.
B. ELEMENT DETERMINING
MORALITY:
•THE ACT ITSELF
•PURPOSE
•CIRCUMSTANCES
C. PRINCIPLE FOR JUDGING MORALITY
1. An act is morally good if the act itself, the purpose and the circumstances
are substantially good.
2. If an itself is intrinsically evil ( evil by its very nature ) the act is morally
allowable regardless of purpose or circumstances.
3. If an act is in itself morally good or at least indifferent, its morality will be
judged by the purpose or circumstances.
4. Circumstances may create, mitigate or aggravate sin. They may change an
indifferent act into one that is morally sinful.
5. If all three moral elements ( the act itself, purpose, circumstances) are good,
the act is good.
D. CONDITIONS
AFFECTING
MORALITY.
1. IGNORANCE. IN GENERAL, IGNORANCE IS LACK OF
KNOWLEDGE IN A PERSON CAPABLE OF KNOWING.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF IGNORANCE:
1.1 “Ignorance of the Law”
1.2 “Ignorance of the Fact”
1.3 “Vincible Ignorance”
1.4 “Simple Vincible Ignorance”
1.5 “Crass Vincible Ignorance”
1.6 “Affected Vincible Ignorance”
1.7 “Invincible Ignorance”
2. FEAR. it is an agitation or disturbance of mind resulting from
some present or imminent danger. it is one of the emotions

Several Types of Fear:

2.1 “Light Fear”
2.2 “Grave Fear”
2.3 “Intrinsic Fear”
2.4 “Extrinsic Fear”
 3. Concupiscence
It is the rebellion of the passions 2 TYPES OF CONCUPISCENCE

against reason. Or, to put it • Antecedent Concupiscence – is the

another way, it is a tendency of sort which preceded as an act of
human nature toward evil. the will and is not willfully
stimulated such as sudden anger.
Revolt of the sense faculties of
man against the dominion of his • Consequent Concupiscence – is
higher faculty of reasons. that which stimulated by the will,
such as anger deliberately frosted.
 4.VIOLENCE
It is an external force applied by someone on another in order
to compel him to perform an action against his will.

4.1 Perfect Violence

4.2 Imperfect Violence
 5. OTHER FACTORS AFFECTING THE VOLUNTARY NATURE
OF HUMAN ACTIONS
5.1 Habit 5.3.1. Neurasthenia

5.2.Temperament 5.3.2. Hysteria

5.2.1. Sanguine 5.3.3. Compulsion Neurosis

5.2.3. Choleric 5.3.4 Melancholia

5.2.4. Melancholic 5.3.5. Hypochondria

5.2.5. Phlegmatic

5.3. Nervous Mental Disorders

E. CAUTIONS REGARDING MORAL
JUDGMENT
 F. OCCASIONS OF SIN
• It is an extrinsic circumstance which offers a person an enticement to sin.
• An occasion of sin is sometimes defined as “any person, place, or thing
which may lead us into sin.
• Occasion of in vary in intensity, and for that reason they are referred to as
proximate or remote. Proximate occasions are sometimes called “near
occasions”
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