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A.

The morality of the human action depends on three main determinants: object,
circumstances and intention. The theories of determinism and indeterminism are closely
related to the analysis of human action. The goodness of a moral act is assessed based on
three conditions: object (and its goodness), intention (or end as expressed by Saint Thomas
Aquinas), and circumstances[3]. For a moral act to be considered good, all three conditions
must be met. Human (moral) acts are acts which are chosen by exercising one’s free will as a
consequence of a judgment of conscience. Human acts are moral acts because they express
the good or evil when someone is performing them.[1] The morality of acts is defined by the
choices that one makes in accordance with the authentic good, which is based on the eternal
law that has a desire for God as our end goal. This external law is the “natural law” based on
God’s Divine Wisdom, made known to us through His supernatural revelation[2]. A human
act is thus morally good when we make choices coherent to our true good and brings us
closer to God.

B.
Moralists have outlined three main factors which, to a great extent, define the morality of a
human act. These determinants include: the Object of the act, the Circumstances surrounding
the act, and the End or Intention that the one performing the act has in mind. . A human
action is one that proceeds from a deliberate will. -- Intelligence and liberty constitute the
specific difference between man and the rest of the visible creation. But since the actions by
which a being attains its end are in harmony with the constitutive principles of its nature,
human actions are, strictly speaking, those which proceed from a deliberate will, those which
are elicited freely and with knowledge of the end. Actions that are not free are called actions
of man, not human actions. Not only do actions reflect the goodness or badness of one's
character, one's actions also change one's character. The more one does an immoral action or
recommends an immoral action for others, the more it becomes part of one's character to be
the type of person who condones that immoral action.

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