AYESHA-MAHADIEM C.

AMILASSAN Incorrect: Murder is amoral act against

BS ENE 3
ETHICS
Examples
Moral
 Always tell the truth.
 Do not destroy property.
 Have courage.
 Keep your promises.
 Do not cheat.
 Treat others as you want to be treated.
 Do not judge.
 Be dependable.
 As such, someone with a good moral
compass would be someone who knows
the difference between right and wrong
behavior and chooses to do the right
thing.
 a Christian Moral Life, 2013).
Immoral
 Stealing, lying, cheating fighting, bribery,
examination, and electoral malpractices,
killing, duping, and deceiving people in
the Holy name of God.
 Jumping back to the robot analogy
above, the robot is amoral, and it
could've been created a very moral
person with the objective of helping
fellow citizens. But then, an immoral
person could come along and see the
potential for using demolition robots to
rob banks or even murder others. In this
case, the amoral robot invented by a
moral person is used to commit immoral
acts at the direction of an immoral
leader.
Amoral
 A good example of this would be to think
of a robot that is programmed to
demolish buildings. This hypothetical
robot has amoral coding that could be
useful for demolishing buildings for
construction projects, but it could also
be horrifying if used in warfare.
However, the robot and its coding are
not concerned with morality; the amoral
robot just does as it is told.
humanity.
Human Acts
 human act is ethical if it is in
accordance with what one
would relatively expect in view
of the events or the
circumstances and unethical if
the action is not called for by the
circumstances, or a person
whose behavior is disorderly and
inconsistent.
WHAT IS HUMAN ACT? -Are actions that are
proper to humans, thus the crucial element of
willful consent and knowledge of the action must
be present. One must freely use his/her intellect
and freewill when acting. Human acts reveal the
value of responsibility. or accountability. (Living
Why Human Acts?
Human acts reveal the value of responsibility or
accountability. Man/woman takes into
RESPONSIBILITY of these actions.
Human Acts - Acts of Man Acts that we do with
the use of free will and intellect. They are done
freely, deliberately, and voluntarily. These are
actions that are proper to humans, thus the
crucial element of willful consent and knowledge
of the action must be present (Living a Christian
Moral Life, 2013).
Example: studying, working, eating healthy
foods.
Acts of Man - Acts that we do without free will
and intellect; some are done by instinct. The
actions are performed without conscious
deliberation or knowledge and with the absence
of free will. Acts of man constitute unconscious
and involuntary actions.
Example:
breathing,
digestion,

Non-Moral
 EX. If an action has the potential to help
circulation of
or harm another person. action has no
potential to help or harm another person
o
air in
the body
 Correct: A moral person knows lying is
bad.
Incorrect: An amoral person knows
lying is bad. (Even if an amoral person

These are
knows others say, "lying is bad," they
may not personally recognize lying as
bad.)
Correct: An immoral person knows
lying is bad.
 Correct: Math is an amoral subject.
Incorrect: Math is a moral subject.
natural
processes
Incorrect: Math is an immoral subject.
 Correct: Murder is an immoral act
against humanity.
Incorrect: Murder is a moral act against
humanity.
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Essential qualities of Acts of Man
 DONE WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE
 WITHOUT CONSENT
 INVOLUNTARY

body that
continue to
function
without the
use of free
will and
reason. They
just happen
naturally as
automatic
responses to
situations
(Living a
Christian
Moral
Life, 2013).
Example: breathing, digestion, circulation of air
in the body These are natural processes within
the body that continue to function without the
use of free will and reason. They just happen
naturally as automatic responses to situations
(Living a Christian Moral Life, 2013).
HUMAN ACTS VS. ACTS OF Man
Essential qualities of Human Acts
 KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACT MUST BE
DELIBERATE
 FREEDOM, IT MUST BE FREE
 VOLUNTARINESS IT MUS BE
VOLUNTARY