human acts Flashcards
these are actions done by the human from his own will
Human acts
3 intellectual constitutes of human acts
- knowledge - knows what he is doing
- attention- total presence
- judgement- human decides the act is good
2 Volitive constituent
- quest for good
- choice
Are human acts voluntary?
yes
types of voluntary acts
- perfect
- imperfect
- actual
- virtual
this voluntary act is done without full information
Imperfect
this voluntary act is done with full knowledge
Perfect act
a voluntary act that is still being delibarated
Virtual act
act that is done on the stop or at the present moment
Actual act
4 effects of voluntary acts
- positive
- negative
- direct
- indirect
effect of voluntary act that is intended
direct
effects of voluntary act are not intended but permitted
- indirect
effect of voluntary act that comes from the done action
positive
effect of voluntary act that comes from the action that is not taken
Negative
impairements of intellectual constituents
- ignorance
- inattention
- error
lack of knowledge and awareness
Ignorance
types of ignorance
- invinsible ignorance
- vincible ignorance
type of ignorance that can be removed but is not
vincible ignorance
type of ignorance that cannot be removed even with diligence
Invincible ignorance
a person does not attend to what he or she is doing
inattention
Maybe traced to insufficient education, bad company, or misleading mass media
Error
impairements of volitive constituents
- passion
- fear
- violence
- ## disposition and habits
a movement of the sensitive appetite which is produced by good or evil.
Passion
a desire to which to sensible good
Concupiscible appetite