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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