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Morality of human acts By Group 1: Arma, Asleah, Balante Esterverlyn and Braceros Odessa Objectives: Explain the nature of man and its dignity Explain explain the concept of freedom of man and of its human action Differentiate human acts and acts of man Explain the morality of huma...

Morality of human acts By Group 1: Arma, Asleah, Balante Esterverlyn and Braceros Odessa Objectives: Explain the nature of man and its dignity Explain explain the concept of freedom of man and of its human action Differentiate human acts and acts of man Explain the morality of human acts Determine the moral determinants of human acts  Nature of man & its Dignity To "will" something one has "to know" beforehand Man cannot choose or act unless he "knows" which is "better" good When a person choose to act according to what he knows is right he acts freely Only man is capable of acting free human acts But the intellect does not always determine the will When is mAn free in his actions? When is act freely done? 1. Under the control of the WILL 2. We do things because we want to, we own the decision or the action 3. We face the consequence of our actions/decisions Nature of freedom Proceeds from the intellect and will Based on reason which the will followed When a man make decisions he is free Man is accountable for what he is doing because he is conscious of what he is doing why he is doing it and how is doing it  Human acts vs. act of man Human act Action done consciously and freely by the agent or by man Essential qualities constituent elements of human act 1. Knowledge of the act 2. Freedom 3. Voluntariness  Human acts vs. act of man Acts of man Actions beyond one's consciousness not dependent on the intellect and the will Essential qualities of acts of man - Done without knowledge - Without consent - Involuntary Ex. Unconscious, involuntary, semi deliberate, spontaneous action,  Acts not morally accountable Acts of persons asleep or under hypnosis reflex actions where the wheel has no time to intervene Acts of performed under serious physical violence Morality of human acts What is morality? From greek word "mores" - behavior Refers to the sense of rightness or wrongness of an act. Quality of the human act that is either good or bad right or wrong based on some norms that are either inherent in the act or are observed due to some individual or social conventional acceptance  What is the basis of morality Morality is base in part upon the fundamental convention that: 1. There is no an objective 2. Some actions are moral law which can be intrinsically evil not known by the intellect justifiable regardless of natural moral law the circumstance  Basic intellection of man based on natural law Do not murder Do not abort unborn Self Preservation preservation of the innocent Defend the defenseless Do good and avoid evil Reproduction Do not commit suicide Secondary precepts Educate children 1. Seek food including the highest good Live in society which is Good 2. Preserve himself in existence 3. To preserve the species Worship god 4. Live in community with other people 5. To use his intellect & will - To know the truth & make his own decisions Primary precepts Which action is subjected to morality? Human Acts? Acts of Man? All human act are subjected to morality. human acts are different from animal acts because mom by nature acts towards an end his life has a purpose  Morality and human acts Human acts are those that are freely chosen in consequence of a judgement of conscience They are either good or evil Their mortality depends on: the object chosen, the intention and the circumstances.  Moral determinants of human acts Human acts are neutral in themselves but they acquire morality when we speak of: 1. Object of the act 2. Circumstance 3. Intention  Moral determinants of human acts 1. Object of the act - Substance/nature of the action - Good which the will deliberately directs itself - Object specifies the " act of the will  Moral determinants of human acts 2. Intention/End in Viiew - Motive on the agent factor which the agent acts either be morally good or evil - Purpose for which a human agent performs the act - Concerned with the goal of the activity Good intention doesn't make an intrinsically disordered at right the end does not justify the means Moral determinants of human acts 3. Circumstance -refers to the events location or condition that make the act concrete -modify acts either by increasing or diminishing of the moral goodness or evilness of an act responsibility of the agent -lighten or aggravate the weights of moral accountability of the performer  What makes a morally act good or bad 1. Goodness of object and or intention and circumstance all together as well as consequence 2. Evil and or intention corrupts the action even if the object is good 3. Avoid concrete acts that are always wrong to choose - object of the act 4. The acts which in and of themselves independent of circumstance and intention are always gravely illicit by reason of their object Error: to judge only the intention and circumstance Moral determinants of human acts Human Acts are neutra in themselves but they acquire morality when we speak off Object Circumstance Intention Consequences  Human Acts as freely chosen human acts are not merely physical events that come and go, like the falling of rain or that turning of the leaves, nor do they as Karol Wojtyla emphasized in THE ACTING PERSON, "happen" to a person  Human Acts as freely chosen they are, rather they outward expression if a person's choices for before of a human act is free, self determining choice and act of the will, which as such is something spiritual that invites within the person giving him his identity as a moral being.  Human Acts as freely chosen Although many human acts have physical, observable component, they are morally significant because they embody and carry out free human choices. we are free to choose what we are to do and by so choosing, to make ourselves the kinds of person we are. Human Acts as freely chosen We are not free to make what we choose to do to be good or evil, rights or wrong. We know this from our own sad experience, for a time we have freely chosen to do things that we knew, at the very moment which is to do them, we're morally wrong. We can in short, choose badly or will. Thank You