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Filipinos and the people around the glove have been taking position on issues that violate the dignity of man, Various issue such as abortion, euthanasia and death penalty.
HUMAN DIGNITY
As a rational being, man has the will to choose whether he/she acts according to what he/she thinks is morally good or bad
moral philosophy
Rev. Charles Coppens, S.J., author of
Moral Philosophy
emphasized that reason commends and approves good acts and disapproves and blames bad acts
moral philo
The modifiers of human acts are the factors that affect the essential elements of human acts such as ___
knowledge, freedom, and voluntariness
these modifiers greatly affect the human act simply bus, the agent or the person has a greater _____ the person has a greater responsibility of the consequences of the act
knowledge, freedom, and voluntariness,
If the agent has lesser knowledge, freedom, and voluntariness of the act, he/she has lesser ______ for the consequences of the human act
responsibility
are the modifiers of human acts.
Ignorance, concupiscence, fear, violence, and habits
is the lack or absence of knowledge. ______, whether of the law or of the facts, is either vincible or invincible
Ignorance
When ____ cannot be overcome by due amount of diligence, it is invincible; otherwise, it is ______.
ignorance/vincible
excuses and relieves the person from a certain responsibility because the acts are not done voluntarily.
invincible ignorance
cannot be overcome by any amount of diligence or effort because under the circumstance it is impossible for the person to know
Invincible ignorance
refers to man’s strong tendencies toward the possession of something good or toward the avoidance of something evil
Concupiscence
refers to man’s strong tendencies toward the possession of something good or toward the avoidance of something evil
Concupiscence
It also pertains to passions that affect the voluntariness of one’s action
Concupiscence
in order for one to be responsible for his/her act, the elements of human act such as knowledge, freedom, and voluntariness must be present
Concupiscence
person acting under the influence of a passion would not be acting perfectly of his/her own free act. Hence, a person who is at the _____ is able to do acts which he/she would not do in his/her right senses.
peak of temper
is thinking something that is threatening or evil, and it prompts man to search for what is safe and good.
Fear
If you do an action out of ___, you are still accountable for it because even if you are in the state of ____, you still have full control of your act.
fear
When one acts because of____, his/her will is pulled along. That is when one’s freedom to do the act is restricted and his/her responsibility is diminished.
fear
is an external force applied by a free cause (that is, by human beings) to compel a person to do something contrary to his will.
Violence or coaction
The ethical principle with respect to____ is: an act owing to _____ to which due resistance is made, is not voluntary, and the agent is not responsible for it.
violence
are acquired simply by repetition of the same act. They can either be good or bad _____.
Habits
They do not destroy voluntariness, and acts from ____ are always voluntary.
habits
They do not destroy voluntariness, and acts from ____ are always voluntary.
habits
Those acts done by force of ___ are still voluntary on the part of the doer, and he/she is responsible for the same if he/she willfully develops the ____ and makes no effort to overcome the same and allows the_____ to stay.
habit
These modifiers of human act tell the degree or intensity of the morality of an act.
Concupiscence, Fear, Violence or coaction, Habits and ignorance
One’s moral ____ is dependent on the level of man’s knowledge and freedom, so the higher the extent of the use of knowledge and freedom, the higher the extent of man’s voluntariness and moral responsibility
responsibility
