Modifiers of Human Act Flashcards
are factors that influence man’s inner disposition towards certain actions. They affect the mental or emotional state of a person.
Modifiers
“The greater the knowledge and the freedom, the greater the voluntariness and the moral responsibility”.
Panizo
The absence of knowledge which a person ought to possess.
Ignorance
can easily be reminded through ordinary diligence and reasonable efforts.
Vincible ignorance
w/c a person possess w/out being aware of it, having aware of it, lacks the means to rectify it.
Invincible ignorance
w/c a person keeps by positive efforts in order to escape responsibility or blame.
Affected ignorance
are either tendencies towards desirable objects or tendencies away from undesirable or harmful things.
Passion or concupiscence
love, desire, delight, hope, and brvaery
Positive emotions
hatred, horror, sadness, despair, fear and anger
Negative emotions
are those that precede an act. emotionally aroused to perform an act. predisposes a person to act.
Antecedent passions
are those that are intentionally aroused and kept.
Consequent passions
is the disturbance of the mind of a person who is confronted by an impending danger or harm to himself or loved ones.
Fear
climbing a cliff, Flying an airplane through a storm
act done w/ fear
the child read his book out of fear of the mother
Act done out of fear or because of fear
refers to any physical force exerted on a person by another free agent for the purpose of compelling the said person to act against his will.
Violence
defined as a lasting readiness and facility, born of frequently repeated acts, for acting in a certain manner.
Habits
generally instinctive in origin
Emotion
what is the purpose or goal of an act? w/c completes or finishes an act.
End
natural termination of an activity
end of an act
personal purpose intended by the person performing the act
end of the doer or agent
what is the end of the doer? reason why the doer performs an act
Force that sustains the act and brings it to completion
Motive
the purpose which a doer wishes to accomplish immediately by his action.
proximate end
purpose w/c a doer wishes to accomplish in a series of act
remote end
purpose w/c is desired for its own sake and not because of something else.
ultimate end