What is Ethics
An organized body of knowledge
Science
A word which means "without beginning or end" and gives its name to a type of law
eternal
A person bears responsibility for this kind of ignorance
Vincible Ignorance
This act of the will expresses the will's approval of the intellect's practical judgment
Consent
This is the primary seat of morality
Internal/ Interior act
The subject matter of a science; that which a science studies
Moral law which is made known by man's very nature
Natural law
A judgment of conscience which is not correct
Erroneous
A person who deliberately arouses his emotions experiences this kind of passion
consequent passion
Someone who agrees with the evil act of another person which he helps him to complete is guilty of this
Formal cooperation
The end that lies beyond all others (in general)
Ultimate end
An ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by him who has care of the community
Law
A judgment of the practical intellect applying moral law to a particular act
Conscience
This kind of emotion make our voluntary acts MORE voluntary
Consequent passion
This term answers the question WHY an act is being done
Intention/ End/ Motive
Man's complete flourishing wherein there is nothing more he desires
Happiness
This law directs all unthinking, non-free creatures to their ends
Physical law or law of nature
An act over which a person has mastery
Human Act (or voluntary act)
This term means "a selection between at least two options"
Choice
This is another name for sin
Moral evil
A self-evident truth that serves as the starting-point of our reasoning process.
First principle
The moral power to do, hold, or exact something
Right
The intellect's natural habit of knowing very basic moral truths
Synderesis
This phrase refers to a sin which lacks an external act
Sin of omission
Object of the act