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
aims at removing violently, if necessary for the good
Irascible appetite
divisions of passion
- consequent passion
- antecedent passion
this type of passion is felt during the act, follows the free admitted or deliberately
Consequent passion
type of passion that precedes the action of the will at the same time induces the will to consent
antecedent passion
shrinking back of the mind on account of an impending evil
Fear
a compulsive influence brought to bear upon once against his will by some extrinsic agent
Violence
types of violence
- absolute violence
- relative violence
dissents totally, resists best it can
for sel defense
Absolute violence
dissensts partially
relative violence
permanent inclinations, to act in a certain way
Habits
caused by repetition of voluntary habits, weather good or bad
Voluntary habits
an inclination that one has to act a certain way, inherited propensity and roots
Disposition
