Modifiers of Human Acts

It is the type of ignorance which cannot be cleared up or dispelled or knowledge that is lacking cannot be acquired.

 

• Crass or supine

• Invincible ignorance

• Vincible ignorance

• Ignorance of the fact

Dr. Makabuhay is seriously ill, knows that he should take some medicine or apply different methods of treatment. He does all he can to learn what he should do, but with no success. His ignorance about the proper remedy is invincible.

• True

• False

A Manila resident who violates traffic laws due to his/her act because his/her ignorance is vincible.

 

• True

• False

A student is doubtful whether their class in religious Education will have a long quiz today or not. In order that he/she may not know the schedule, he/she hides her notebook in religious education and his/her diary where his/her daily school activities are listed. This is done so that he/she can use the excuse that he/she does not know that there is a quiz. He has affected ignorance.

• True

• False

Actions that are performed with fear are simply voluntary because the agent chooses to do the act with or without fear.

• True

• False

If one resists the violence as much as possible, such as in the case of perfect violence, the evil act to which one is forced is in no wise culpable.

• True

• False

If one does not resist the violence as fully as possible, such as in the case of imperfect violence, the culpability of the evil act is not lessened and taken away.

 

• True

• False

Evil habits do not lessen the imputability of evil actions performed by force of habit if the habit has been recognized as evil and is freely permitted to continue.

 

• True

• False

Consequent concupiscence, however great, lessens the voluntariness of an act.

• True

• False

They are factors that may diminish one’s culpability.

 

• Circumstances

• Modifiers

• Habits

• Determinants