Factors Affecting Decisions and

Actions
The human person is
inherently good
because he/she was
created in the image
and likeness of God.
However, the human
person is living in a
world that is
continually changing.
 Several Factors That Can Affect Your
Decisions and Actions
 Emotions
 Positive emotions give inspiration and negative
emotions put a person in a risky situation or
danger.
 Several Factors That Can Affect Your
Decisions and Actions
 Extreme Desire for Wealth and Power
 It is not bad to want to become wealthy.
However, it becomes bad when a person holds
on to wealth as an end.
 Several Factors That Can Affect Your
Decisions and Actions
 Lasciviousness
 It is committed on another person is definitely
a crime. Doing an act of lasciviousness impacts
on a person’s decisions and actions. The act
itself takes over the better part of a person’s
intellect and free will.
 Several Factors That Can Affect Your
Decisions and Actions
 Laziness
 There is no future for lazy person. Laziness can
also cause problem among family members
because the lazy members are perceived as not
helping toward improving the family’s
economic situation and contributing to the
welfare of society.
 Several Factors That Can Affect Your
Decisions and Actions
 Gluttony
 A term for excessive eating, is another factor
that might affect a person’s decisions and
actions. Anything in excess is not good.
 Influence of the Internet and Digital
Tools
 World Wide Web
 In internet, you can find anything you want in
just one click of your finger. Certainly, this can
affect your way of thinking either positively or
negatively.
 Summary
1. The decision and action of person in choosing
what is right and wrong can possibly change and
be affected by many factors: emotions, extreme
desire for wealth and power, lasciviousness,
laziness, gluttony, the influence of the Internet,
and television programs.
2. There are standards for every action of the human
person. The standard for choosing right or wrong
is rooted in human nature and Moral Law.
 Summary
3. It is important to consider the right principle and
moral standards of an action and the responsibility
for every decision and action taken for a better and
peaceful life of the person.
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