because human acts comes from intellect and the will. we condemn a person for his evil deed or praise him for doing what is good.

1. The Significance of Human Act
PREPARED BY: GLYDELLE E. CATALUÑA

2. SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN ACT
•Because human acts comes from intellect and
the will, they express the thoughts and desires
of a person, revealing his moral character.
Hence, people are judged by their actions like
trees by their fruits. We condemn a person for
his evil deed or praise him for doing what is
good.

3. • We often hear people say that they, “condemn the sin but not
the person” or suspect. The statement is probably
acceptable if it means we should not rush to judge the guilt of
a suspect. But the statement is wrong if it means we should
not blame people for their evil deeds no matter how
unfortunate are these acts. This is to condone evil. Parents,
for example, are inclined to be soft towards their children.
Instead of being horrified, they are amused that their kids are
so smart.

4. MORAL SENSIBILITY
• Moral sensibility is our response towards what is right
and wrong. Some people have strong aversion towards
wrongdoings, while some are dismissive of them.
Some are intolerant and stern, while others are tolerant
and accommodating.

5. • Persons who are liberal and open-minded are inclined to
accept evil as a normal occurrence, giving in to such thoughts
as “ganyan kasi tao lamang”, “kasi bata pa”, or “kasi masama
ang gising”.
• People who are intolerant and strict are inclined to punish
people “para matuto”, “para di na umulit”, or “para magbago”.

6. • Moral sensibility may be compared to the sensitivity to pain.
Some endure pain longer than others can. Sensitivity to pain is
a good thing because it warns us about a danger. A moderate
moral sensitivity may be good to us too.
• It is moral sensitivity which objects to an indecent behavior or
an obscene movie.

7. • It is moral sensibility which protects against an act of
injustice or cruelty.
• It is moral sensibility which prevents us from making a
fool of ourselves.

8. • We use to call them “delicadeza”. When a
person is not scandalized by what is wrong,
when he does not recoil from what is
outrageous, when he is not ashamed of his vices
---he is devoid of moral sensibility, he is
“manhid”.

9. • A person who lacks moral sensibility is inclined to act
accordingly to his self-interest. He would readily steal
to enrich himself, or even commit murder to arrogate
power. Adolf Hitler is one such dangerous and wicked
person.