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What are the three standards or norms of morality?

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ultimate objective standard being the eternal law or divine wisdom as it directs all HA, and the proximate objective standard human reason. The subjective standard is the conscience of the individual

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What are three species of morality?

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moral goodness, evil, indifference

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What is moral goodness?

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in accordance with eternal law

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What is moral evil?

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divergence from eternal law

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What are good, bad, indifferent HAs?

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degree to which they conform to right reason

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What about indifferent acts?

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exist in abstract, not concrete. E.g. morose thoughts that arise that no one actually intends to carry out

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What are the principles or sources of morality?

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elements which in any HA are responsible for one type of morality in preference to another

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What are the three principles or sources of morality?

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object, circumstance of the act, its purpose (intention)

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Moral Object (MO) or end of an action (intrinsic and objective end)

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that to which the action tends of its very nature directly and immediately e.g. thief steals money, steals money from Church

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How is the MO good?

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if its in accord with reason and the eternal law (EL)

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How is the MO evil?

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diverges from reason and EL

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How is the MO indifferent?

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not divergent or agreement with reason or EL

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What are the two ways the MO can be considered?

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materially and formally

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When is MO material?

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when its own relationship to the EL is considered (unaware of evil)

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When is MO formal?

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so far as its morality is recognized by the conscience of the agent (aware of evil)

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What is the First Principle of Morality?

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morality of HA is derived from the object morally considered

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What is proximate subjective standard of morality?

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conscience

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What is ultimate objective standard of morality?

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eternal law

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Is intention part of morality?

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intention must be part of act

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When is something formally evil?

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formal sin involved

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When is something materially evil?

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material sin involved

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What are moral circumstances?

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moral conditions which are added to and modify the already existing moral sobstance of the act

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What are the seven circumstances?

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quis, quid, ubi, quibus, auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando

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What is first principle of Circumstances?

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HA derive some morality from their circumstances

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How do circumstances influence moral character of an act?
circumstances be morally good or bad (degree they conform or lack conformity to right reason) AND moral character be recognized and intended at least to some extent by agent
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What is Second Principle of Circumstances?
some circumstances alter the morality of an act completely, others affect merely the degree of morality
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What can be said regarding part A of the Second Principle of Circumstances?
rests on the fact that some circumstances have a distinctive and specific morality of their own e.g. stealing is religious goods is evil but stealing in general is against the act of justice
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What can be said regarding part B of the Second Principle of Circumstances?
some circumstances do not possess a moral character differetnt fro that of the object e.g. taking away something beling to another is an act of theft which itself is evil, and the amount stolen aggravates the act but does not offend any other virtue apart from justice
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What are the kinds of moral circumstances?
those which alter the morality and those which do not alter morality
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What are the sub-divisions of acts which alter morality of circumstances?
moral species and theolgical species
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How does circumstances effect moral species of an act?
by offending against different virtues
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How does circumstances effect theological species of an act?
converts what was venially sinful into something grievously sinful (e.g light theft venial sin, a great theft is mortal)
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What circumstances which DO NOT alter the moral species?
aggravate or diminish the degree of morality in so far as they increase or diminish the moral evil in act
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What are aggravted circumstances further divided into?
slight, notably, indefinitely
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What effect do indefinite circumstaces have on an act?
change what what was venial into mortal (synonymous w/ those acts which change theological species)
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What is the First Principle of the Subjective End or Motive of an Act?
moral character of an act depends also on the motive of the agent (subjective end)
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Why does the moral character of an act depend on subjective end of agent?
end or motive may have its own moral character in reference to the EL and right reason by being opposed or conformed to them
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What is a good act?
when all elements (object, circumstance, motive) are in conformity w/ the standards of morality OR when one element good, others indifferent and none evil
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What is the Second Principle of the End or Motive?
the motive of the agent a) may change an indifferent act in the abstract into a good or evil act b) may increase or diminish the goodness of an act and even make it evil c) may increase or diminish the evil of an act d) never able to make an evil act good
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How can end or motive change an indifferent act in the abstract into a good or evil act(part A of the Second Principle)?
walking viewed in abstract is morally indifferent, but performed for a good motive e.g. obedience it is good HOWEVER walking is morally evil if it is to satisfy an evil curiosity
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How can end or motive increase or diminsh the goodness of an act, and even make it evil (part B of the Second Principle)?
motive (end) and circumstance good + object = this increases AND diminishes when object good and there is some evil in the circumstances that does not neutralize or transform object e.g. praying-Object Good, Distracted-Circumstance Bad
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What is an evil act?
when all elements: object, circumstances and end (motive)-are contrary to the moral norms
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How motive of agent increase or diminsh the evil of an act?
object evil, motive good. Stealing money to feed family. Object evil, motive evil. Stealing money to buy illegal drugs.
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What is the Third Principle regarding End or Motive?
In all his actions man must put before himself some good motive which is related to God at least implicitly; uder no circumstances may he act for pleasure alone
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What sort of intention does the agent require in order that his acts may be good?
refer acts to God as frequently as possible, but those who follow right reson in all their acts must be considered to possess a right intention
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What is the Principle of Indifferent Acts (IndA)?
Some HAs when viewed in the abstract are indifferent, but in the concrete such acts are never indifferent
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Can you explain the principle regarding IndA?
HAs derive moral character from object, but object in an IndA (i.e. walking, pushing) are themselves indifferent and HAs in concrete are always done for a motive and motive good (presupposing object good) then act is good and consequently bad motive, bad act
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What effect does the teaching have on the aescetical life?
should prove a comfort and a spur to men of good will for since no concrete act is Indifferent every act can be meritorious.
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What is the Principle of the Morality of External Acts (ExAc) and their Effects?
An external act increases the goodness or evil of the internal act in an accidental manner
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Can you explain the Principle of Morality of ExAc?
ExAc does not possess its own distinct freedom but derives all its freedom from the internal act (InAc) therefore, ExAc has no independent moral character so cannot substantially effect InAc but only accidentally.
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How does an ExAc effect the InAc accidentally?
by the circumstances which are added to the InAc e.g. due to influence of ExAc the W may desire the object w/ greater INTENSITY and OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME
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What is Merit (Mrt)?
that property of a good act which makes it deserving of reward and in CONCRETE it is the good act itself as deserving reward
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What is the two kinds of Mrt?
condign and congruous
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What is condign Mrt?
found in those good acts for which a reward is due injustice or at least because of some previous promise
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What is congruous Mrt based on?
a certain equity or suitability e.g
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What is an example of Condign and Congruous Mrt?
employee has strict claim in justice to a fixed salary (condign merit), but it is fitting that he receive some bonus' from his boss (congruous)
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How can both forms of Mrt exist?
perfect and less perfect
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What is PERFECT condign (Cnd) Mrt?
based on strict justice, equivalent to the reward obtained which therefore cannot be withheld w/o a manifest violation of justice e.g. salary due to a worker (In the supernatural order only the God-Man possess perfect condign merit
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What is CndMrt in its less perfect form?
an which to some extent is equivalent to the reward received. In this way man merits eternal life
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What is PERFECT Congruous (Cng) Mrt?
rests on a genuine equity between the act and its reward, it is thus that man in the state of grace who is a fried of God can merit the conversion of another
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What is Cng Mrt in its less perfect form?
form of a request e.g. man can mrt or request the grace of final perseverance
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What six conditions must be verified for the existence of supernatural Mrt?
Work (Wrk) or act performed must be free, wrk must be morally good, wrk must be done from a desire to please the reward-giver, namely God i.e. some influence of charity, Agent must be a wayfarer in this life, Agent must be in the state of sanctifying grace, divine promise must exist
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What is the object of merit?
that which can be merited in the sight of God by man's acts
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What acts can a man in a state of grace perform?
Cnd Mrt in reference to: eternal life, an increase of grace and glory
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What can a man in the state of grace merit if performed in the state of Cng Mrt in its LESS perfect form?
final perseverance, restoration to divine friendship after a mortal sin that may be committed in the future
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What can a man in the state of grace merit if performed in the state of Cng Mrt in its MORE perfect form?
temporal goods, actual graces and the conversion of others
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Finis operis and finis operantis?
giving funds (Finis operis) and intention for giving funds (finis operantis)

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