PART 1: UNIT 5: [0-SC] Self-Check (On Morality of Human Acts)
1. True- Every human act that is good must be perfectly good in the context of the
object, the end of the agent, and the circumstances of the act.
2. False -The end of agent is the same as motive or intention.
3. False - The circumstances of the act can only lessen but not increase the
goodness or evilness of the act.
4. True - Virtue Ethics is focused on the development of good values and virtues.
5. False - Deontology is concerned with the consequences of human actions.
6. False - Anything that is good is desirable, and it is considered the means of a
human act.
7. True - The concept of morality is involved in making judgments about the
conduct of oneself and others.
8. False - An action is bad or evil if it is not desirable but pursues the end of a
human act.
9. False - Morality can be viewed as the concept of quantity or property of human
action.
10. False - Material morality is subjective, while formal morality is objective.
11. True - An intrinsic form of morality is at work if the human act, as a deed
performed, stands in relation to the norm of morality as good or evil.
12. False - The object of the act is a determinant that considers the purpose of
performing the act.
13. False - The properties of human acts are information that refers to the standards
or characteristics of human acts.
14. True - "Imputability" is the property of human acts that involves the notion of
culpability or praiseworthiness.
15. False - The consequences of human acts are information, which talks about
virtues and values.
Part 2: UNIT 5: [1-UA] Unit Assessment 1 (On Morality of Human Acts)
1. Circumstances - The determinant of the morality of human acts, which
considers the place and the performer of the action.
2. Extrinsic - The division of morality that happens if the relation of an act to the
norm is determined not by its nature but by the prescription of positive law or
human laws.
3. Object of the act - A determinant of the morality of human acts that examines
the conformity or non-conformity of the act to the standard of right conduct.
4. Properties - This information is about the morality of human acts, which refers to
the qualities or characteristics of human acts.
5. Object of the act - A form of determinant that considers the nature of the act.
6. What - The specific circumstance that gives attention to the quantity or quality of
the act.
7. Material - This division of morality refers to a human act as good or evil,
regardless of the intention or motive of the person doing it.
8. Why - The determinant that tries to address the circumstances of the end of the
agent, that is, the doer or performer of the act.
9. Merit - It is a property of human action that gives attention to the quality, state, or
fact of deserving well.
10. Motive of the act -This determinant of action gives an account of the intention of
the performer.
11. Formal - This division of morality is considered to be conditioned by the agent’s
understanding and will as it stands in relation to the norm, either as good or evil.
12. Circumstances - The determinant of action is concerned with the question of
where and why the action was taken.
13. Demerit - A property of human action that explains that if a human act is bad (or
evil), a person is responsible (or blameworthy) for his deed or act.
14. Morality - This philosophical concept is associated with a set of principles,
values, and standards of behavior.
15. Who - A determinant that refers to the circumstance that tries to ascertain if the
performer, considering his or her identity, really performs the action.
Part 3: UNIT 5: [2-UA] Unit Assessment 2 (On Morality of Human Acts)
1. Virtue Ethics - An ethical theory that emphasizes the role of character in moral
philosophy.
2. Deontology - This ethical theory is described as "duty-based" or
"obligation-based" ethics, as proponents "believe that ethical rules bind people to
their duty."
3. Utilitarianism - A theory of ethics that holds the principle that "the greatest good
is the greatest pleasure of the greatest number.
4. Confucianism - This is a moral philosophy that believes in the maxim that "if
each person governs himself well, his family will also be governed well."
5. Eudaimonism - An ethical philosophy, one of the strands of virtue ethics, that
defines right action as that which leads to the "well-being" of the individual.
6. Protagoras - The Greek philosopher who famously asserted that “man is the
measure of all things.”
7. Socrates - An ancient philosopher who suggested that "the unexamined life is
not worth living."
8. Altruism - This moral philosophy holds that individuals have a moral obligation
to help, serve, or benefit others, if necessary, at the sacrifice of self-interest.
9. Hedonism - This ethical theory holds the principle that the greater and more
intense the pleasure one gets out of his actions, the more right they are.
10. Humanism - This ethical theory adheres to the moral contention that man is
inherently good.
11. Confucius - Who is the philosopher behind the popular golden rule in morality
that says, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you?"
12. Consequentialism - This normative ethical theory argues that the morality of an
action is dependent on its outcome.
13. Moral Relativism - This is the theory of ethics, which intensely declares that
there is no universal or absolute set of moral principles.
14. Moral Skepticism - A moral philosophy that holds that man’s positions on the
morality of human action cannot (or never will) be justified.
15. Ethics of Care - It is one of the strands of virtue ethics that holds that moral
action centers on interpersonal relationships and benevolence as a virtue.
