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Ethics is the study of human action whether it is good or bad.
Ethics is the study of human action whether it is good or bad.
True
Amoral actions are described as bad.
Amoral actions are described as bad.
False
Modifiers of human acts are factors that do not influence man's disposition towards certain actions.
Modifiers of human acts are factors that do not influence man's disposition towards certain actions.
False
The end of the act refers to the motive or reason why a person performed an act.
The end of the act refers to the motive or reason why a person performed an act.
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External actions refer to actions performed mentally.
External actions refer to actions performed mentally.
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Moral actions are those that are not in conformity with the norms of morality.
Moral actions are those that are not in conformity with the norms of morality.
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Study Notes
Ethics and Human Acts
- Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the study of human actions, whether they are good, bad, moral, or immoral.
- The Greek word for ethics is "Ethos".
Human Acts
- Human acts are actions performed by a person knowingly, freely, and voluntarily.
- Acts of man, on the other hand, are actions performed involuntarily and unintentionally.
Morality
- Moral actions are those that are described as good.
- Immoral actions are those that are described as bad.
- Amoral actions are those that are described as indifferent, neither good nor bad.
Modifiers of Human Acts
- Modifiers of human acts are factors that influence a person's disposition towards certain actions.
Ends of Human Acts
- The end of the act refers to the natural termination or completion of an activity.
- The end of the doer refers to the motive or reason why a person performed an act.
- Proximate end is the purpose that the doer wishes to accomplish immediately.
- Remote end is the purpose that the doer wishes to accomplish sometime later.
Good and Evil
- Apparent good is an evil viewed as good.
- Summum Bonum is the greatest good, according to Aristotle.
Morality and Actions
- Morality is the quality of human acts that constitutes them as good, bad, or indifferent.
- Internal actions are those actions performed mentally.
- External actions are those actions performed bodily.
- Elicited act is a kind of human act performed by the will but not externalized.
- Commanded act is a kind of human act performed mentally and bodily under the command of the will.
- Moral actions are those that are in conformity with the norms of morality.
- Immoral actions are those that are not in conformity with the norms of morality.
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Test your knowledge on ethics, human acts, morality, and modifiers of human actions in this quiz. Explore the meanings of terms such as moral, immoral, and amoral within the context of philosophy and human behavior.
