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ETHOS is the Greek word of ______
ETHOS is the Greek word of ______
ethics
HUMAN ACTS are those actions performed by a man ______, freely and voluntary
HUMAN ACTS are those actions performed by a man ______, freely and voluntary
knowingly
ACTS OF MAN are those actions performed ______ and unintentional
ACTS OF MAN are those actions performed ______ and unintentional
involuntarily
MORAL actions are those actions that are in conformity with the ______ of morality
MORAL actions are those actions that are in conformity with the ______ of morality
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AMORAL actions are those actions which described as ______, good or bad
AMORAL actions are those actions which described as ______, good or bad
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APPARENT GOOD is an evil viewed as ______
APPARENT GOOD is an evil viewed as ______
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SUMMUM BONUM is the greatest good according to ______
SUMMUM BONUM is the greatest good according to ______
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INTERNAL ACTIONS are those actions performed ______
INTERNAL ACTIONS are those actions performed ______
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MORALITY is the quality of human acts by which they are constituted as good or ______
MORALITY is the quality of human acts by which they are constituted as good or ______
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Study Notes
Ethics
- Deals with the study of human actions, determining whether they are good or bad, moral or immoral
- Derived from the Greek word "ethos"
Human Acts
- Actions performed by a person knowingly, freely, and voluntarily
- Can be classified into three categories:
- Moral: described as good
- Immoral: described as bad
- Amoral: described as indifferent, neither good nor bad
Modifiers of Human Acts
- Factors that influence a person's disposition towards certain actions
- Can affect the morality of an action
Ends of Human Acts
- End of the Act: the natural termination or completion of an activity
- End of the Doer: the motive or reason why a person performed an act
- Proximate End: a kind of end that the doer wishes to accomplish immediately
- Remote End: a kind of end that the doer wishes to accomplish sometime later
Moral Concepts
- Apparent Good: an evil viewed as good
- Summum Bonum: the greatest good according to Aristotle
- Morality: the quality of human acts by which they are constituted as good, bad, or indifferent
Types of Actions
- Internal Actions: performed mentally
- External Actions: performed bodily
- Elicited Act: a kind of human act performed by the will but not externalized
- Commanded Act: a kind of human act performed mentally and bodily under the command of the will
- Moral Actions: actions that conform to the norms of morality
- Immoral Actions: actions that do not conform to the norms of morality
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Test your knowledge on the branch of philosophy that examines human actions as good or bad, voluntary or involuntary. Explore concepts like ethos, human acts, moral, immoral, and amoral behaviors.
