HUMAN ACTS

HUMAN ACTS

Moral philosophy understands

human acts as actions that are
proper only to man
• Rational and willed acts
HUMAN ACTS
• REQUIRE MAN’S
RATIONALITY

• ACTIONS THAT ARE • Activities that do not

PROPER ONLY TO HIS need man’s freedom or
NATURE will
• Do not require man’s
rationality
• Actions that are done
without consciousness

ACTS OF MAN
CLASSIFICATIONS OF
HUMAN ACTS

1. The Human Acts

in Relation to the
WILL
 The Human Acts in Relation to
the WILL

Refer to those Will \’wil\

actions which are Noun

started , performed, : a strong desire or

and completed by the determination to
do something
will , either by the will
alone or through other : the capability of
conscious choice
faculties which are and decision and
under the control of intention
the will.
 The Human Acts in Relation to
the WILL

A. ELICITED B. COMMANDED
Elicited acts are those which Begun in the will, performed
are started by the will, by the will, but are
performed by the will completed by the will
Completed by the will as the through another medium
sole agent which is under control of the
will
A. ELICITED ACTS
ELEMENTS
1.WISH
WILL 2.INTENTION
As a sole agent 3.COUNSEL
4.CONSENT
 STARTED
5.CHOICE
 PERFORMED 6.COMMAND
 COMPLETED 7.FRUITION
A. ELICITED ACTS
1. WISH
- Primordial desire, like or

WILL inclination of the will to a

thing conceived by the will
As a sole agent as good and is known by
the intellect

 STARTED
“ I wish I could have a
 PERFORMED vacation in Boracay”
 COMPLETED
“ I wish I could get a perfect
score during the exam”
A. ELICITED ACTS
2. INTENTION
The purposive
WILL tendency of the will
towards a thing
As a sole agent regarded as realizable

 STARTED
 PERFORMED
“ I intend to buy souvenir
 COMPLETED items once I arrive at the
People’s Park in the Sky at
Tagaytay”
A. ELICITED ACTS
3. COUNSEL
Suggest or
WILL recommend
something
As a sole agent

 STARTED
 PERFORMED “ You can get a perfect score
 COMPLETED in the exam if you study
well”
A. ELICITED ACTS
4. CONSENT
To give permission
for something to
WILL happen or be done
As a sole agent

 STARTED
 PERFORMED “ I allow you to work with
 COMPLETED your seatmates during the
activity”
A. ELICITED ACTS
5. CHOICE

The opportunity or
WILL power to choose
between two or
As a sole agent
more possibilities

 STARTED
 PERFORMED
“ I will go to Boracay instead
 COMPLETED of Paris”
A. ELICITED ACTS
6. COMMAND
To tell to do
WILL something in a
forceful and
As a sole agent
often official way

 STARTED “I will make outlines for my

exams”
 PERFORMED
 COMPLETED “ I need to hand wash my
clothes because the machine
broke down”
A. ELICITED ACTS
FRUITION
Actual attainment of the

WILL desired good

One is consummated by
As a sole agent delight

 STARTED
 PERFORMED “ I had a vacation in Boracay”

 COMPLETED “ I got a perfect score during

the exam”
B. COMMANDED
ACTS KINDS

1. INTERNAL
WILL ACTS
2. EXTERNAL
ACTS
 STARTED
3. MIXED ACTS
 PERFORMED
 COMPLETED
through another
medium
B. COMMANDED
ACTS 1. INTERNAL
ACTS
Actions done by
WILL man by way of his
internal mental
powers under the
command of the
 STARTED
will
 PERFORMED
 COMPLETED
Ex.
through another Act of controlling anger, use of
medium imagination, act of conscious
reasoning , act of remembering
B. COMMANDED
ACTS 2. EXTERNAL
ACTS
WILL Affected by bodily
powers of man
under the
command of the
 STARTED will
 PERFORMED
 COMPLETED
Ex.
through another Deliberate writing, walking, eating,
medium spitting
B. COMMANDED
ACTS 3. MIXED
ACTS
WILL Actions that
include the use of
bodily and mental
powers
 STARTED
 PERFORMED
 COMPLETED
Ex.
through another
Painting and studying
medium