Monday, June 23, 2008

Answers, What's Your Moral IQ - The Human Act?

Questions can be viewed here.
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1. It is the science of human actions in so far as they are directed by rea­son and faith to our supernatural final end.

2. Only those are called human which are deliberately performed by one who possesses the use of reason.

3. They are the object of the act, the circumstances surrounding the act, and the purpose of the one perform­ing the act.

4. All of them.

5. It is the unjust taking of something which belongs to another.

6. The fact that it is a day of absti­nence.

7. No. Alex had no intention of kill­ing his father.

8. Nick did not sin because in order to sin one must act freely. Nick could not act otherwise than he actually did.

9. No. The length of time that a temptation persists in Jim's mind is no indication of whether he sinned or not. He must consent to the sin before he can sin.

10. Yes, because she consents to a gravely sinful act.
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Adapted from The Queen's Work Magazine, October 1946

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