Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

Name: Gonzales, Sean Russell I.

Write TRUE is the statement is correct; while FALSE if incorrect.

1. Accountability is necessary consequence od our intelligence and freedom. TRUE
2. Legal accountability is the same as moral accountability. FALSE
3. Responsibility as agency refers to the same “responsibility” in which being responsible means
holding certain duties or obligations. TRUE
4. Responsibility as duty refers to the sense of “responsibility” in which being responsible means
being the cause of something. TRUE
5. Moral agents are different from moral recipients only necessarily haver moral rights, while moral
recipients only necessarily have moral rights. TRUE
6. Moral recipients can include human and non-human. TRUE
7. The choice and knowledge conditions refers to factors that increase the degree od one’s
accountability. TRUE
8. The aggravating conditions refers to the factors that increase the degree of one’s accountability.
FALSE
9. The incriminating conditions refers to the factor that decrease the degree of one’s accountability.
TRUE
10. All kinds of ignorance excuse one from accountability. TRUE
11. Irresponsible ignorance is the kind of ignorance where we can say to an ignorant person that
he/she should have known better. TRUE
12. The greater is the degree of difficulty in life or pressure, the greater is the accountability. TRUE
13. The greater is the degree of intensity of the injury, the greater is the accountability. FALSE
14. The lesser is the degree of one’s involvement, the lesser is the degree of accountability. TRUE
15. The greater is the degree of knowledge, the lesser is the degree of accountability. TRUE

Watch the video “The Story of Oedipus: the King of Thebes (Complete) Greek Mythology”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHOXBeOjAeU. Do you think that is right for Oedipus to hold
himself responsible or accountable for marrying his mother and killing his father, and consequently for
tragedy that occurs in his kingdom? Explain your answer.

From listeniing the video, I can say, yes. For trying to push other into giving him the answers he so
desperately wanting to hear, like living in a false fantasy, which had the decisions that ultimately lead him
to his down fall.