3 Parts of a Moral Act

This is the action/inaction chosen. The “what”

• The Object

• The Intention

• The Circumstances

• The Means

The surrounding conditions which may affect the morality of the action. The who, when, where, how, etc.

• The Object

• The Circumstances

• The Intention

• The End

This/these must be moral for an action to be moral

• Object, Circumstance, Intention

• Object and Intention

• Object

• Circumstance and Intention

A bad act cannot be justified for a good reason

• True

• False

Good circumstances can justify a bad act

• True

• False

The bell rang for lunch and Mark headed down the stairs of his high school. As he is standing in line for lunch he realizes he left his money in his car and would not be able to buy anything. Since it is so crowded he realizes he can probably hide some goldfish under his arm. He thinks to himself, well I have a tough physics exam after lunch and I am starving. And besides, the cafeteria charges too much anyway, they can afford it. He picks up the goldfish and exits the line unnoticed.

What is the Object?

• Stealing the goldfish

• Not having money

• being starving

• cafeteria charging too much

The bell rang for lunch and Mark headed down the stairs of his high school. As he is standing in line for lunch he realizes he left his money in his car and would not be able to buy anything. Since it is so crowded he realizes he can probably hide some goldfish under his arm. He thinks to himself, well I have a tough physics exam after lunch and I am starving. And besides, the cafeteria charges too much anyway, they can afford it. He picks up the goldfish and exits the line unnoticed.

What is the Intention?

• Stealing the goldfish

• Not having money

• being starving

• cafeteria charging too much

The bell rang for lunch and Mark headed down the stairs of his high school. As he is standing in line for lunch he realizes he left his money in his car and would not be able to buy anything. Since it is so crowded he realizes he can probably hide some goldfish under his arm. He thinks to himself, well I have a tough physics exam after lunch and I am starving. And besides, the cafeteria charges too much anyway, they can afford it. He picks up the goldfish and exits the line unnoticed.

What are the circumstances?

• cafe being crowded

• Not having money

• being starving

• cafeteria charging too much

The bell rang for lunch and Mark headed down the stairs of his high school. As he is standing in line for lunch he realizes he left his money in his car and would not be able to buy anything. Since it is so crowded he realizes he can probably hide some goldfish under his arm. He thinks to himself, well I have a tough physics exam after lunch and I am starving. And besides, the cafeteria charges too much anyway, they can afford it. He picks up the goldfish and exits the line unnoticed.

Is the above scenario moral or immoral?

• Moral

• Immoral

When considering the elements of a moral act, what is “Motivation” known as

• Object

• Intention

• Circumstances

• Means