MORAL DECISION

MAKING
Principle of Moral Discernment
 HUMAN ACT

• One that proceeds from the deliberate free will of man.

• It is an act that is deliberate and knowingly performed by

one having the use of reason.
 ACT OF MAN

• Is one that is not dependent upon intellect and free will

• It is done by a human person but is not proper to him as a

person because it does stem from those faculties which
are peculiar to man, namely, intellect and will.
 ATTRIBUTES OF HUMAN ACT

• 1. It must be performed by a conscious agent who is

aware of what he is doing and of its consequences.

• 2. It must be performed by an agent who is acting freely,

that is by his own volition and powers.

• 3. It must be performed by an agent who decides willfully

to perform the act.
 ELEMENTS
DETERMINING MORALITY

• 1. The act itself- the object

• 2. Purpose- the end/intention

• 3. Circumstances- factors
CONDITIONS AFFECTING MORALITY

• 1. Ignorance

• 2. Fear

• 3. Concupiscence

• 4. Violence

• 5. Habit, Temperament, Mental disorders