Ethics

• Moral Agent


  the doer of a moral behavior
• Moral Act


  the activity of the moral agent
• reason or framework


  answers the question why and how such moral act is right or wrong. it captures the reasons of the moral agent for doing the moral act.
• what is the latin word for human act?

  actus humanus
• actus hominis is the latin word for acts of a man.
• human act or actus humanus are actions the agents are master and responsible of.
• the elements of the moral experience are moral agent, moral act, and reason or framework
• Acts of a man refers to your actions that are not done deliberately. In other words, act of human is involuntary or instinctive. 
• what are the acts of man:

  human act

  acts of a man
• actions the agents are not master and responsible of (free from consequence in some circumstance)

  acts of a man
• knowledge


  A human act is performed consciously. You must be aware of your action. faculty of the intellect. know the good and know how to reach it.
• vegetative

  sentient

  rational


  are the 3 types of soul
• soul shared with biotic that has senses

  sentient
• soul with reason

  rational
• rational soul has 2 faculties, these are:

  faculty of intellect : knowledge

  faculty of will : voluntariness
• it is the perception of the good

  faculty of intellect
• it acts upon the knowledge

  faculty of will
• what does faculty mean?

  function
• a human act is performed willingly. your action must come from your own willfulness.

  voluntariness
• when there's knowledge and will, theres?

  voluntariness
• freedom


  a human act is performed freely. you must perform an action with free choice with your own power, not by being forced by somebody or something else.
• freedom


  it is found in dileberation
• deliberation is?

  choices
• it is a human act where you are in control, and you are accountable for the consequences that follow

  voluntary act
• not willing to do : positive

  willing not to do: negative


  what are the 2 types of voluntary act
• absence of will and knowledge: the will is not present, and the person is not aware of the consequences of their actions : involuntary

  absence of knowledge, will and freedom: voluntary
• 4 types of intention

  actual

  virtual

  habitual

  interpretative
• conscious when doing an action

  actual
• virtual


  acts when the consciousness changes because the mind tends to wander off due to time/duration.
• habitual


  you commit an act, but because of circumstance, wala na dayon. however, you did not say that you wont do it anymore.
• interpretative


  would have been had the agent thought of it. someone assuming an agent's intention.
• what are the consequences of voluntary act?

  voluntary in itself

  voluntary in cause
• willing to do from the beginning to end?


  voluntary in itself
• unintended but foreseen consequences (dont want to happen, but will or have to)?

  voluntary in cause
• moral agent is free from consequence depending on the intention. If the intention is to CAUSE HARM, then they are responsible. But if the intention is GOOD, then the consequence is not their responsibility.
• modifiers of voluntariness?

  ignorance

  passion

  fear

  force

  habit
• it affects knowledge

  ignorance
• what are the types of ignorance?

  vincible ignorance

  invincible ignorance

  affected
• aware of ignorance (can be overcome)

  vincible ignorance
• cannot be overcome (unaware or impractical)

  invincible ignorance