Human Acts

• Human Acts


  Actions that are intentional and responsible
• Acts of Man


  Actions of man that happen without control of the will and consciousness, not intentional and not responsible
• Acts of Man


  • Holding the lace of your ID
  • Actions of people who are insane
• People who commit Acts of Man are not at fault
• Knowledge


  e.g. wearing uniform
• Freedom or free will

  e.g. free to come to school in unif or to wear casual clothes
• Voluntariness


  action that you choose
• comes to school in unif
• 3 Kinds of Human Acts in Relation to Reason

  • Good Acts
  • Evil Acts
  • Indifferent Acts
• Indifferent Acts


  Exist only in theory (there is no such thing) and not in actual situation
• Indifferent Acts


  Can become either good or bad only in the context on the circumstances that affect
• Indifferent Acts depend on the situation
• Modifiers of Human Acts

  • If the agent has greater knowledge, freedom, and voluntariness, he has greater responsibility of the consequences of act
• What are the modifiers of human acts?

  Ignorance, passion, fear, violence, habit
• Ignorance

  • absence of intellectual knowledge in a person who is required to know what he does not know
  • still responsible for your actions
• Concupiscence or passion

  • bodily appetites or tendencies which are called the passions (love, hatred, fear, anger, joy, desires, grief, bravery, etc.
  • refers to emotions and feelings of man in relation to his acts 
  • morally indifferent Acts 
  • related to sexual desire 
• Fear

  • a coward’s most unwanted companion — morally indifferent acts
  • it's goal is nothing else but to safeguard the self from the anticipated evil
• Habit

  • routines of behavior that are repeated regular
  • usual manner of behaving or doing
  • you are responsible for your actions
• What are the Cardinal Virtues?

  Prudence, Justice, Temperance, Fortitude
• Prudence

  • thinking ahead and considering the potential outcome of actions before making decisions
  • having a foresight (inunahan na ang mangyayari) 
  • develop a virtue of prudence
• Justice

  • the constant and permanent determination to give everyone his or her rightful due 
  • treat everyone fairly
  • Hindi ka nanlalamang
• Fortitude

  • strength of mind 
• Temperance

  • habitual moderation in the indulgence of the appetites or passions