Q2 Summ 1 Flashcards
a choice which is deliberately selected based on a moral standpoint
Intellectual Choice
a choice which is borne out of psychological and emotional considerations
Practical Choice
making right decisions from a purely natural perspective
Natural Prudence
making good decisions in accordance with God’s will
supernatural prudence
Actions performed by man KNOWINGLY and FREELY.
HUMAN ACTS
responsibility depends on the degree of knowledge and deliberation
HUMAN ACTS
Constituents of human acts
Knowledge
Freedom
Will
Degrees of Voluntariness
Perfect
Imperfect
Conditional
Direct
Indirect
is present in a person who is forced by
circumstances beyond his control to perform an act
which he would not do under normal conditions.
- The FREEDOM is impaired.
Conditional
accompanies an act which is primarily
intended by the doer, either as an end in itself or as a
means to achieve something else
Direct
accompanies an act or situation which is the mere result of a directly willed act
INDIRECT
VOLUNTARINESS
is From Latin word:
Voluntass; it means will
quick and nearly automatic reactions
reflex and nearly instantaneous
reactions without time for the
intellect or will to intervene
Primo-primi acts
MODIFIERS OF HUMAN ACTS
Ignorance
Passion
Fear
Violence
Habit
ABSENCE OF KNOWLEDGE WHICH A
PERSON OUGHT TO POSSESS.
IGNORANCE