Human Acts questions well answered graded A+ 2023

Human ActsHuman acts act which proceeds from the deliberate free will of man Acts of man (actus hominis) actions performed without intervention of intellect and free will Natural acts of vegetative and sense faculties (acts of man) all spontaneous biological and sensual process Natural acts of vegetative and sense faculties (acts of man) nutrition, breathing, sensual impressions, digestion, beating of heart, growth, corporal reactions, a visual or auditive perceptions Acts of person who lack the use of reason (acts of man) people asleep, lunatics, children or people with mental handicap Nearly automatic actions (acts of man) actions which merely happen in the body or through the body without the awareness of the mind or the control of the will Nearly automatic actions (acts of man) like reflex and nearly instantaneous reactions (blinking) Definition of human act 1. Done with full knowledge and deliberate (alam niya) 2. Person is free to do it (hindi siya pinuwersa) 3. Person does it intentionally or voluntarily (nais niya talagang gawin) Knowledge (constituents/elements of human acts) one knows what he/she is doing Freedom (constituents/elements of human acts) one is not forced by others; the will is free to do or not to do an act Voluntariness (constituents/elements of human acts) one chose to do it When is the agent responsible for the evil effect of a cause directly willed? A. must be able to foresee the evil effect B. must be free to refrain from doing the act that will cause the evil effect C. must be morally bound not to do the evil effect Principle of double effect - evil effect must not precede the good effect - there must be a grave reason for the act - intention must be good - act or object must not be evil in itself Modifiers of human acts may affect knowledge, freedom and voluntariness in such a way that they may make the act less human. Ignorance absence of knowledge