The MORALITY

OF
HUMAN ACT
MORALITY
• Morality is the relation of human acts to their norm.
• It is therefore, the quality of human act whereby it
measures up to what it should be.
MORALITY
• Morality speaks of a system of behavior in regards to
standards of right or wrong behavior. The word carries the
concepts of:
• (1) moral standards, with regard to behavior; (2) moral
responsibility, referring to our conscience; and
• (3) a moral identity, or one who is capable of right or
wrong action.
MORALITY
• The human act is good when it is done in accordance with
God’s law and human reason.
• If the act is performed in violation of God’s law and human
reason, then it becomes morally evil.
MORALITY
• A human act is good when it is good in itself, in its motive /
purpose / end and its circumstances.
• A defect coming from any of these aspects renders an act
morally objectionable.
THE ACT AND ITS OBJECT
• The object refers to the very nature of the act itself.
• An act is the physical tendency towards a definitive
objective or result.
• This result is the approximate norm of morality.
CONSCIENCE
• Conscience is a personal awareness of right and wrong
that you use to guide your actions to do right.
• An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the
rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.
• An example of conscience is the personal ethics that keep
you from cheating on an exam
KINDS OF CONSCIENCE

•CORRECT OR TRUE
CONSCIENCE – IT DISCERNS
AND DICTATES TO THE
PERSON WHAT IS GOOD AS
GOOD, AND WHAT IS EVIL AS
EVIL.
KINDS OF CONSCIENCE
•ERRONEOUS OR FALSE
CONSCIENCE – It mistakes what is
good as evil and evil as good.
•An erroneous conscience when the
mind is unduly swayed by fear and
judges that something is wrong
that in fact is lawful.
KINDS OF CONSCIENCE
•SCRUPULOUS CONSCIENCE –
This is extremely cautious or fearful
to the extent that the person
refuses to do or judge the act.
•The result is that the same tends to
judge an act as sinful when it is not.
KINDS OF CONSCIENCE
• LAX CONSCIENCE – This conscience finds excuses for an
evil act to be sinful. The person would pose an alibi.
• “Lax conscience” describes an inconsistent
assortment of moral values. An example is
feigning virtue for viciously self-serving
reasons, such as helping little old ladies cross
busy streets, and stealing their purses in the
process.
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•CERTAIN CONSCIENCE – A
person acts in the state of good
faith.
•convinced without any doubt that
an action is good or bad.
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•DOUBTFUL CONSCIENCE - the
person is not sure on the goodness
or badness of an act.
•when a person cannot choose
between good and bad choices