V. The Moral Agent

Question 1

“moral” comes from the Latin _____ referring to society’s patterns, standards, rules of doing things

Answer 1

mores

Question 2

“The end toward which all human acts are directed is happiness.”

Answer 2

aristotle

Question 3

as human beings we are endowed with _____ and _____

Answer 3

• rationality
• free will

Question 4

because of our ____, we can deliberate and make conscious decision

Answer 4

reason

Question 5

through ___, we determine our own action, its course and objectives

Answer 5

free will

Question 6

since are rational and free agents, we are responsible for our actions and our responsibility is not only for our actions but also for their ____and the quality of the _____ we make

Answer 6

• consequences
• choices

Question 7

the end of all this is the desire to _____

Answer 7

live a well-lived life

Question 8

“a well-lived life is a _____ lfe”

Answer 8

happy

Question 9

happiness and living well is related to the ____ and those that we _____ in life

Answer 9

• good
• value

Question 10

objectively the goal or fulfillment of being man

Answer 10

good

Question 11

good is the end of the object of the will or ______

Answer 11

faculty of volition

Question 12

driving force of human action and human endeavors

Answer 12

good as the object of the will

Question 13

they may appear to be good but in reality are not

Answer 13

apparent good

Question 14

what we consider to be good that are objectively good

Answer 14

real or genuine good

Question 15

awareness on he part of the individual that when he performs or does a certain action, he is aware that he is the author of the act and the agent of action

Answer 15

lived experience

Question 16

lived experience brings with it a sense of _____ for the moral value of the action

Answer 16

responsibility

Question 17

since one experiences himself and his own person as the agent or cause of the act, then he also experiences himself as the ____ of the moral good or evil associated with the action

Answer 17

efficient cause

Question 18

determinants of morality of human act

Answer 18

• object
• end or purpose
• circumstances

Question 19

the thing done

Answer 19

object

Question 20

intended by the agent

Answer 20

end or purpose

Question 21

refers to tome, place, person and conditions surrounding the moral act

Answer 21

circumstances

Question 22

requirement of a morally good act

Answer 22

goodness of an object, of the end, and of the circumstances together

Question 23

an evil end ____ the action, even if the object is good in itself

Answer 23

corrupts

Question 24

agent comes from the latin word which means to do, act

Answer 24

agere

Question 25

one who performs an act in accordance with moral standards

Answer 25

moral agent

Question 26

a moral agent is the _____, one who acts morally

Answer 26

moral actor

Question 27

“a being that is capable of those actions that have moral quality and which can be properly denominated good or evil in a moral sense” - Edwards, 1754

Answer 27

moral agent

Question 28

a human’s basic choice or inner orientation either for a good life or for a bad life

Answer 28

fundamental option

Question 29

directed towards others and God

Answer 29

good life

Question 30

directed towards themself and cut from others and God

Answer 30

bad life

Question 31

man as a moral agent adopts the _____, a free choice to say yes to God’s invitation to follow His way

Answer 31

fundamental option

Question 32

there is no ____ for the human person as a moral agent

Answer 32

pre-fixed

Question 33

example of existentialist

Answer 33

John Paul Sarte