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PHL 5: Christian Ethics > Chapter Cinco > Flashcards

Chapter Cinco Flashcards

1
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Acts that proceed from reason and free will.

It is also known as personal acts

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Actus Humani

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Actions which are performed without the intervention of the intellect and the free will

They comprise all spontaneous
Biological and sensual processes

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Actus Hominis

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What are the Constituents of Human Act?

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  1. Knowledge
  2. Freedom
  3. Voluntariness
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The faculty of thought

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Knowledge

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the ability to act without restraint.

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Freedom

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Free to choose what he likes according to his insight and will

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Voluntariness

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7
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What are the Determinants of Morality?

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  1. Object/Act itself
  2. Circumstances
  3. Intention
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8
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It is the primary source for the judgment of an action

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Object

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9
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The object is the act of the will

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Finis Operis

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10
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Influence or affect the act by increasing or lessening its Voluntariness or freedom thus affect the Morality of the Act

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Circumstances

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The conditions outside the act (not part of the act)

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Circumstances

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7 Circumstances

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Circumstances of:

  1. Person
  2. Place
  3. Time
  4. Manner
  5. Agent
  6. Thing Itself
  7. The Means
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13
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refers to the doer (agent) of the act and the receiver or person to whom the act is done

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Circumstance of Person

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14
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the good ACT becomes better or more meritorious than if it is done by a poor person.

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Circumstance of Person

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the bad ACT becomes worse by reason of the person to whom the act is done.

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Circumstance of Person

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Refers to the particular space or locality where the act is done or performed

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Circumstance of Place

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17
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the bad ACT can become worse, when it is done in particular place.

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Circumstance of Place

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18
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Refers to the exact or definite moment or hour when the act is performed.

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Circumstance of Time

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19
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the good ACT can becomes better, or a bad act becomes worse by reason of the time when the act is performed.

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Circumstance of Time

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20
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Refers to the WAY THE AGENT manage to do his act.

“how did the agent do the act?”

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Circumstance of Manner

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21
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“In what condition was the agent when he/she performed the act how did the agent do the act?”

“was the agent ignorant or influenced by fear, habits, emotions, etc.?”

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Condition of the Agent

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Denotes the special quality of the object

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Circumstance of the Thing Itself

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23
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It is the objective of the act

The reason or the intention for doing an act.

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The end intended by the agent / intention

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24
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The reason for which the agent undertakes the act

The movement of the will toward the end

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Finis Operantis

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25
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An act which is good in itself and is done for a good end becomes

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doubly good

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26
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An act which is bad itself and is done with a bad end becomes

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doubly bad

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27
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An act which is good itself and is done with a bad intention becomes

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bad

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28
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An act which is bad itself and is done with a good end does not become

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good

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29
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Kinds Of Voluntary Acts

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  1. Perfectly Voluntary Act
  2. Imperfectly Voluntary
  3. Directly Voluntary
  4. Indirectly Voluntary
  5. Conditional Voluntariness
  6. Positively Voluntary Act
  7. Negatively Voluntary Act
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30
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Is an act which is performed with full attention

And full consent of the will.

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Perfectly Voluntary Act

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31
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Is an act if attention or consent of the will

Or both together are imperfect

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Imperfectly Voluntary

32
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If the act is intended as an end in itself or

If it is intended as a means for another end

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Directly Voluntary

33
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If an act is not intended but merely permitted

As the inevitable result of an object directly willed.

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Indireclty Voluntary

34
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It is present in a person who is forced by circumstances beyond his control to perform an act.

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Conditional Voluntariness

35
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The will effects something positively

By exercising active influence on the causation of an object

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Positively Voluntary Act

36
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The will effects something negatively by voluntary omission

Of an act which could have averted an evil to another person or helped him to secure a good

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Negatively Voluntary Act

37
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Factors which may affect any of the constituents VOLUNTARY human acts; may diminish one’s culpability

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Modifiers Of Human Acts

38
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is merely the lack or absence of knowledge of a person capable of knowing a certain thin or things

39
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Two types of Ignorance

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Invincible and Vincible

40
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An ignorance which cannot be cleared up (or dispelled), or Knowledge that is lacking and cannot be acquired.

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Invincible Ignorance

41
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Ignorance that which can and should be dispelled

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Vincible Ignorance

42
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one uses some, but NOT enough diligence in an effort to remove ignorance.

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Simple Vincible

43
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a kind of ignorance which, though not directly willed, could and should be cleared up, but left wholly

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Crass Or Supine Vincible

44
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which is deliberately fostered in order to avoid any obligation that knowledge might bring to light.

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Affected Vincible

45
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no responsibility or culpability

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Invincible Ignorance

46
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do not eliminate Moral Responsibillity but Lessens /Graver it

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Vincible Ignorance

47
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It arises from deficient education,
Bad company or misleading information

One is not responsible
For the consequences of error made in good faith

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Error

False Judgment Or Conviction

48
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Refers to momentary deprivation of insight

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Inattention

49
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A movement of the sensitive (irrational) appetite which is produced
by the good or evil apprehended by the mind

50
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Passion is a Movement of the sensitive appetite that ______

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precedes the free decision of the will

51
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tending to something that is apprehended as suitable for the subject.

52
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the aptitude or proportion of the appetite towards the thing/object apprehended as simply good.

53
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it arises from good already gained.

54
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tending away from a sensible object that one apprehends to be simply bad or unsuitable for oneself.

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Aversion/Flight

55
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a motion of being-weighed-down, crushed, or depressed.

56
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is apprehended as repugnant and hurtful.

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Hatred dissonance of the appetite

57
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arises when the subject apprehends an object as good but impossible to attain.

58
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straightforward withdrawal from the object regarded as good but impossible to attain.

59
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drawing forward, rather than repulsed by, the prospect of attempting something arduous.

60
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withdrawing into itself in an attempt to create some distance between itself and the evil object.

61
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tending towards the good asserting its power and driving the other off or putting it ints place.

62
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Divisions Of Passions

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Concupiscible

Irascible

63
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Passion through which the soul is simply inclined to seek what is suitable according to the senses, and to fly from what is hurtful.

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Concupiscible

64
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Whereby an animal resists the attacks of any agents
That hinder what is suitable and inflict harm

Its object is something arduous,
Because its tendency is to overcome and rise above obstacles.

65
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A mental agitation of disturbance brought about by the apprehension of some present or immanent danger

66
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Is mental trepidation due to an impending evil

67
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It is what and not what

Which is one of the passions

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fear of the senses and not intellectual fear

68
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An external force applied

To compel a person to do something contrary to his will

69
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Two general types of violence:

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Perfect Violence

Imperfect Violence

70
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one in which complete resistance is given

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Perfect Violence

71
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occurs when some resistance is shown but not as much as should be.

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Imperfect Violence

72
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Inclination to perform some particular action acquired by repetition, and characterized by a decreased power of resistance and an increased facility of performance

73
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Habits are sometimes called what

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second nature

74
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Habits, if disposes to evil =

75
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Habits, if disposes to good=

76
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Facility and readiness of acting in a certain

Manner acquired by repeated acts

PHL 5: Christian Ethics (10 decks)

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