9. E
Moral Norms – criterion for
judging the sort of person
we ought to be and the sort
of action to perform in
faithful response to God’s
call to be loving and holy.
10. EHuman Act – act done with
willingness and knowledge.
The Agent is responsible for his
action.
11. EAgent in deciding –
3 aspects of thinking and willing:
A. Evaluative Knowledge
B. Imagination
C. Affectivity
12. EA. Evaluative Knowledge – the
knowing that influences
making moral judgement.
Personal knowledge
B. Imagination
C. Affectivity
13. EB Imagination – is needed in
applying universal moral
norms to specific actual cases.
A. Affectivity - strong human
passion.
14. E
Essence of Discipleship
Love as expressed through self
sacrifice and service to others.
Self – denial means taking up
the cross and practicing
selflessness.
We grow mature in faith as we
begin to see ourselves in relation
to others.
15. EWhy law and ordinances are
needed in every place.
16. ENatural Law – universal law found
in the structure of life itself.
The law of our nature as human
being.
17. E
Civil Law – particular application
of natural law and the means of
assuring the common good.
Promulgated by civil authority.
The human made laws to govern
our various relationships in the
community.
18. EDivine Law– law of God as
revealed in Sacred Scripture.
Divided in three periods
1. Divine Law – received by Jewish
people before Moses
19. E2. Mosaic Law – which was
initiated in the giving of the ten
commandments to Moses in Mt.
Sinai. (Ten Commandment.
20. E
Ten Commandment – are specific
manifestations of the will of God.
Decalogue and active
sacramental life are necessary
means for motivation responsible
moral decisions and acts.
3. Law of Love – given to us by
Christ.
21. EChurch Law – Particular
application of divine as lived out
in the community, the church.
Expression of Divine law in the
concrete circumstances of
Christian Living.
24. E
1. Object Chosen
2. End of the view or intention
3. Circumstances of the action.
Morally good acts requires the
goodness of the object, of the
end, and the circumstances
together.
25. EThe Morality of Human Acts:
Acts that are freely chosen in
consequence of judgement of
conscience.
Human Acts are either good or
evil.
26. E
1. Object Chosen – the act of the
will. It is to see if what we
propose to do is morally good
or not. By using our reason
(intellect) we can recognize
and judge which actions
corresponds to the true good.
27. E
2. Intention - resides in the acting
subject.
> It is a movement of the will
toward the end.
> It is concerned with the goal
of the activity.
