Morality of Human Acts

2.  From the Greek word MORES - behavior
 Refers to the sense of rightness or
wrongness of an act.
 Quality of the human act that is either right
or wrong based on some norms that are
either inherent in the act or are observed
due to some individual or social conventional
acceptance

3. A
Walking
Running
Eating
Speaking
Jogging
Loving
Thinking
B
Daydreaming
Snoring
Breathing
Blinking of eyes
Peeing while sleeping
Talking while sleeping

4. Human Acts
Actions done Consciously and
freely by the agent/or by man
 ESSENTIAL QUALITIES of
Human Acts
1. Knowledge of the act
2. With Consent
3. Voluntary
 Man takes into responsibility of
these actions.
Acts of Man
 Actions beyond one’s
consciousness; not dependent on
the intellect & the will
 ESSENTIAL QUALITIES of Acts
of Man
1. Done without knowledge
2. Without consent
3. Involuntary
 Acts of man can become human
acts when he employs his intellect
& will in performing the act.

6. Humans Acts ? Or Acts of Man?
All Human act are subjected to morality.
 Human acts are different from animal act
because man by nature acts towards an end. His
life has a purpose.

7.  Morality is based in part upon the
fundamental conviction that:
1.There is an objective moral law which can
be known by the intellect – NATURAL
MORAL LAW
2.Some actions are intrinsically evil – not
justifiable regardless of the circumstances

10. Self-Preservation
Preservation of the
innocent
Reproduction
Education
Live in Society
Worship God
Do
good
and
avoid
evil
Primary Precepts
Secondary Precepts
Do not Murder
Do not commit suicide
Defend the defenseless
Do not abort unborn

11. INTRINSICALLY
RIGHT/WRONG
NEUTRAL EXTRINSICALLY
RIGHT/WRONG
ABORTION
TAKING DRUGS
MURDER
KINDNESS
GENEROSITY
LOVE
EATING
PRAYING
TALKING
THINKING
LOOKING
KILLING BY SELF-
DEFENSE
KILLING IN LINE OF
DUTY (SOLDIERS)
TAKING DRUGS TO
CURE AN ILLNESS