THY1 Flashcards
Impairments of required knowledge
*Ignorance
*Error
*Inattention
Impairments to free consent
*Passion
*Fear and Social Pressure
*Violence
*Dispositions and Habits
Ignorance which a man is not able to dispel
by such reasonable diligence
Completely takes away the voluntariness of the
malice and hence its responsibility too.
Invincible:
Ignorance that can be dispelled by simple
diligence; Voluntary in cause; provoked by
conscious negligence or even bad will
Kinds: Simply vincible, Supine, and Affected
Vincible
Arises from deficient education, bad
company or misleading information
One is not responsible for the
consequences of error made in good
faith.
Error, False Judgment or
conviction
Refers to momentary deprivation of
insight. If attention is completely
lacking, there is no human act.
Inattention
Movement of the sensitive appetite
that precedes the free decision of the
will; Movement of the sensitive
appetite which is moved by the good
or evil apprehended by imagination.
Passion or concupiscence
Mental trepidation due to an impending
evil. It is fear of the senses and not
intellectual fear which is one of the
passions, (e.g., threat of torture)
- The emotion of ___, which completely
darkens the mind or paralyses the will
excuses from imputability.
Fear
Compulsive influence brought to bear upon
a one against his will by some extrinsic
agent.
- There is imputability except in so far as the
inner will may have consented or external
resistance have fallen shortof the degree
necessary and possible in the
circumstance.
Violence
Facility and readiness in acting in a certain manner acquired by repeated acts
Habits
The special quality of the direct object of the act.
- Circumstance of Thing.
Although man’s intention
may be normally good, if the means
of attainting the end are illicit or
unlawful, his acts are immoral.”
Circumstance of Means (By what
means)
The way the agent manages to do
his act.
Circumstance of Manner (How).
The
time of the action performed.
Circumstance of Time (When).