Theo - Lesson 3 Flashcards
The three elements/sources of morality of human acts
object, intention, and circumstance
Which source of morality is being defined:
Good toward which the will deliberately directs itself
Object
Which source of morality is being defined:
Matter of a human act
Object
Morally specifies the act of the will, insofar as reason recognizes and judges it to be or not to be in conformity with the true good
Object
This resides in the acting subject
Intention
Determines an action by its end*
Intention
____ is the first goal of intention
End
Good anticipated from the action
intention
The end can justify the means of an action
False
Which source of morality is the secondary elements of a moral act
Circumstances
This contributes to increasing or diminishing the moral goodness or evil of human acts
Circumstances
Circumstances may change the moral quality of an act
False
It can’t
These affect human acts in the essential qualities of the three constituents of morality
Modifiers of Human Acts
Absence of knowledge that ought to be present
privative ignorance
Frailty or proneness to evil
Concupiscence
Refers to bodily appetites or tendencies
Passions
Absence of knowledge that is supposed to be present
Positive ignorance
Considered a mistake
Positive ignorance
Neglecting knowledge
Negative ignorance
Passions that spring to action unstimulated by any act of the will
Antecedent
-> considered as the “if” statement
Called ______ when the will directly or
indirectly stirs them up or fosters them (passions)
Consequent
-> considered as the “then” statement
Antecedent or Consequent
Considered as an act of man
Antecedent
-> because this is before it happens
_______ concupiscence is the fault of the agent, for it is willed, either directly or indirectly, either in itself or in cause
Consequent
-> happens AFTER
Shrinking back
fear
Agitation of the mind brought about by apprehension of impending evil
fear
True or False
Violence is internal force applied by a free cause for the purpose of compelling a person
false
- it is external
Violence cannot reach the will directly
true or false
true
This may force bodily action, but the will is not controlled by the body
violence
true or false
habits are not definite
False.
They are definite; comparatively permanent qualities
Permanent inclination and facility
to perform morally good acts
Virtues
______ virtues are principal virtues among several groups of virtues.
cardinal
______ inclines man’s will to render unto each one his due
Justice
______ is the moral virtue which regulates the desire for sensible pleasure within the limits of right reason
Temperance
_____ inclines the will to overcome grave danger and to sustain severe hardship in the pursuit and maintenance of the moral good
Fortitude
Permanent inclination and facility to perform morally bad acts
Vices
What is the queen of all vices
Pride
Inordinate desire to manifest one’s own excellence and to receive praise from me
Vainglory
Inordinate love of having possessions or riches
Avarice
Inordinate desire for revenge
Anger
Sadness on account of the goods possessed by another
Envy
Sorrow in the face of spiritual good since it is God’s good
Sloth
