Lesson # 2

Learning a Picture on the Concept of Human acts vs Acts of Man, Conscience, and Virtues

Keywords: Human Acts, Acts of Man, Conscience, Virtues.

Human Acts are actions done intentionally and deliberately. They reveal the value of responsibility and
accountability of the acts done or performed.

Essential Attributes of Human Acts:

a. Knowledge
b. Freedom
c. Voluntariness

Acts of Man are INSTINCTIVE done under the circumstances of :

a. Ignorance
b. Intense Passions
c. Habits and they are said to be involuntary actions and without at times the proper utilization of
reason.

Degrees of Ignorance:

a. Invincible Ignorance
- is an ignorance of something that a person OUGHT to know or have due to lack of knowledge.

b. Vincible Ignorance
- a person is unsure about certain, teachings or situations and refrains from seeking explanations
or doing further investigation or study.

c. Affected Ignorance
- this is otherwise known as Pretended Ignorance. This happens when an individual refuses to
acknowledge the connectivity between his/her actions and or decisions to consequences.