Date of Award

6-1928

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Philosophy

First Advisor

J.V. Kelly

Abstract

Acts are termed human when they are proper to man as man,when on the contrary they are elicited by man but not proper to him as a rational agent, they are called acts of man. Human act is one that is accompanied with freedom and deliberation of the will. Some acts in the abstract are neither good nor bad for they are neither conformable nor contrary to a moral norm, and these are said to be indifferent. It is universally admitted that there are actions that are morally good and actions that are morally evil. We can bring that out best by an Illustration. Let us take an action such as blasphemy. This action is in itself evil and cannot be good, for it turns man away from his end. Such actions as blasphemy, patricide, etc., are morally bad actions. God, himself cannot will them to become good because it would set God’s will in opposition to his attributes of wisdom and holiness which is obviously absurd.

Comments

A Thesis submitted initially to fulfill the requirements for The Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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