The Development of Moral

Character of the Moral Agent

Prepared by:
Group 7
 The Development of Moral
Character of the Moral Agent

Prepared by:
Group 7
 Lyka Nungay
Felipe Mendoza Cristine Pastorfide

BSED – ENGLISH 2
What is the defining moment in one
person’s life?
 What are the examples of changing events?

Moving from your family`s house Relationship issue

Driving alone for the first time IlIness and injury

Falling in love Miscarriage

Getting married Divorce

Having children
 ❖ Lain Hensley
Chief operating at Odyssey Teams, recalls the
fear and loneliness he felt when he was
diagnosed with cancer. Say for example, his
illness exposed weaknesses in his leadership
and as a result, he writes, he became better man,
husband, father, employer, speaker and friend.

Even Saints also have defining moments of their

lives just like Saint Paul and Saint Augustine.
 The Morality of Human Acts

As had been presented, morality refers to the

goodness and the badness of an act. Formally,
morality “may be defined as the quality of
things [or acts] manifesting their conformity or
non-conformity with the norm or criteria”.
 The Norms of Morality

Eternal Law of God

Is the ultimate norm of morality. The Devine
Wisdom of God which oversees the
common good and governs everything.
God’s plan to lead all creation towards
God’s eternal salvation plan to be holy and
blameless before him through Jesus Chris
(Ephesians 1:4-5)
 The ten commandments

Conscience – “the proximate norm of morality”.

It is the immediate source of information guiding
human actions. It directs human actions so that
a person can transcend his animal instincts and
human inclinations.
 The Determinants of Morality

The determinants of morality is meant to

be the factors that link human acts with
their norms. It refers to the source of the
goodness or badness (morality) of human
acts.
 Three determinants of morality

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1 3
❑ The end
❑ The object The circumstances
 Object of Morality

Refers to the object of the will-act, that

which the will chooses to do, and this is
nothing else but the act itself, which
deliberately willed.
 End of Morality

Good, evil, and different acts are by their

very nature independent of any law,
regulation, or command.
 There are four principles to be considered:

1.) An indifferent act can become morally good or morally evil

depending upon the intention of the agent.

2.) An objectively good act can become morally evil.

3.) An intrinsically (objectively) good act can receive added goodness

4.) An intrinsically evil act can never be good even when it is done with good intention.
 Circumstances

Are defined as conditions that affect

human acts by increasing or
decreasing the responsibility of the
agent.
 Six(6) Acts of Circumstances

1.WHO – is circumstance of the agent that can increase

or diminish the responsibility of the agent depending
upon who the agent is and what is the object of the act.

2. WHAT – circumstance of the object or the act itself. It

refers to the quality or quantity of the object of the act.

3.) WHERE – circumstance of the place where the act is

performed.
 Six(6) Acts of Circumstances

4.) By what means – is circumstance of the means

employed by the agent.

5.) HOW – circumstance of the manner or mode when

the act is done. This points as how the agent performs
the act.

6.) WHEN – is circumstance of time.

rcumstance of the place where the act is performed.
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