Studied by 60 people
+ the obvious terms + includes people + some concepts
moral acts
it is in our power and we are responsible for them
Aristotle
“A human being is rational; reason is a divine characteristic”
St. Thomas Aquinas
“We are moral agents—we have a conscience, to be ‘good’ or ‘evil’ becomes an exercise of moral responsibility”
eternal law, natural law, human law, divine law
Aquinas gives a fourfold classification of law, what are these?
natural law
applies only to human beings; good is to be sought after and evil avoided; conceived primarily with external acts and not with interior dispositiond
divine law (or revelation)
it deals with interior disposition as well as external acts and it ensures the final punishment of all evildoings, neither of which is possible for human law
eternal law
the decree of God that governs all creation
Jean Paul Sartre
“The human person is the desire to be God: the desire to exist as a being which has its sufficient ground in itself (en sui causa)”
Law of Nature
a precept or general rule established by reason; a person is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his or her life or that which takes away the means of preserving the same
seek peace
first law of nature
mutually divest certain rights
second law of nature
perform covenant made
third law of nature
mutual transferring of these rights
this is called a contract and is the basis of the notion of moral obligation and duty
commonwealth by institution
when a leader has been established through the covenant of every member of a multitude with every other member
commonwealth by acquisition
when the sovereign power has been acquired by force
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
one of the most famous and influential philosophers of the French Enlightenment in the 18th century; responsible for “Theory of Human Nature”
1986 EDSA Revolution
people gathered to voice their disenchantment peacefully and, through mutual effort, ousted Ferdinand Marcos; an (imperfect) example of the theory of Social Contract
kasarinlan (self-sufficiency)
recognizes human worth and dignity
B.F. Skinner
“The environment selects which is similar with natural selection”
pride and respectability
amor propio
sakop (or harmony)
can help be of a helping value to the full development of the Filipino if it opens up to embrace the whole Philippine society
