real and apparent goods + interior and exterior acts

Question 1

What are real goods?

Answer 1

Something good according to NML, these goods help a person achieve their telos.

Question 2

What are apparent goods?

Answer 2

Wrongly reasoned goods that do not help a moral agent achieve their telos they are, simply put, mistakes.

Question 3

Give an example of how real and apparent goods can be confused.

Answer 3

Someone may think adultery is good due to its short-term pleasures, but when considering that adultery actually involves betrayal, lying, and injustice, it clearly isn’t good at all, especially as it goes against two of the PP’s (worshipping God and living in an ordered society).

Question 4

What are good exterior acts?

Answer 4

Good exterior acts are things like giving money away to charity; they focus on the consequences of actions.

Question 5

what are good interior acts?

Answer 5

Interior acts are focused on motive; giving money away to charity solely to help people rather than to gain admiration and popularity would be a good interior act.