LEARNING MODULE IN C.L. 9 S.Y.

2020-2021
MODULE 6
Q1 DETERMINANTS OF MORALITY
CONTENT STANDARD: PERFORMANCE STANDARD:
The learners know and understand different The learners are able to distinguish right
determinants of morality. actions from wrong ones.

FORMATION STANDARD:
Learners will learn to follow Christ by living a moral life.

LEARNING TARGETS:
1. Identify the determinants of morality
2. Resolve to choose what is good
3. Pray for God’s guidance in one’s actions

TIME FRAME: 1 week

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit

Open your Bible and let us Pray.

Gospel of St. Matthew 19:16-22

(Jesus and the Rich Young Man)
Opening Prayer

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit

Let’s Begin!

A young woman consents to an abortion because she is sure her

parents will not help her if she carries the baby to term, and, besides,
she believes it will save her modeling career.

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY ACADEMY

JOSHUA D. OJENAL
Madrid Blvd., Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
Designer 1
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What is the intention or Is her action justifiable or

motive of the young woman? not? How do we say so?

DOCTRINE
A thing is good if it has the fullness of its parts and it is bad when it is deficient
in any of its integral parts.
The morality of the human acts depends on:
1. The Object. It is the act or action that we choose to do.
2. The End in view or the Intention. It is the good or evil result that we expect
from the action.
3. The Circumstances of the action. These are the conditions surrounding an
action that contribute to increasing or diminishing its goodness or evilness and
the degree of our responsibility for it.
A morally good act requires the goodness of the object, the goodness of the
intention, and the goodness of the circumstances altogether.
A human act is evil when the object of the act is always wrong because choosing an
action entails a disorder of the will, and this is a moral evil (like stealing, lying, and
blaspheming).
An evil intention will always corrupt an action even when the object is good in
itself (like giving money to the charity for the purpose of self-glorification).
A good intention can never make an evil action morally good (like destroying a
man’s reputation for the good of the state.

thing to be good must be entirely good.The end does not

justify the means.”

The principles that must be considered in studying the end of the agent as a determinant
of morality are:
1. A good act done for a good end takes on an added or new goodness from the
end, and from each good end that influences the act.

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY ACADEMY

JOSHUA D. OJENAL
Madrid Blvd., Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
Designer 2
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new malice from the end,
and from each evil end that influences the act.
3. A good act done for an evil end is wholly evil if the end is the complete motive
for the act or if the end, while only a partial motive, is gravely evil. A good act
done for an end slightly evil and not the whole motive of the act is only partially
vitiated.
4. An evil act can never become good by reason of a good end.
5. An indifferent act is good if done for a good end.

The Human Acts and the Acts of Man

Distinction is made between human acts and acts of man.
Human Acts. Actions that man performs knowingly, freely, and voluntarily. These
actions are the results of conscious knowledge and are subject to the control of
the will. We refer to these actions as deliberate, intentional, or voluntary.
Acts of Man. Actions that happen in man. They are instinctive and are not within the
control of a will. Such actions are the biological and physiological movements in
man, such as metabolism, perspiration, fear, anger, jealousy, and the like.

Essential Attributes of the Human Act

1. Knowledge. It must be performed by a conscious agent who is aware of what
he is doing and of its consequences. Children below the age of reason, the
insane, and the senile are considered incapable of acting knowingly.
2. Freedom. It must be performed by an agent who is acting freely; that is, by his
own volition and powers. An action done under duress and against one’s will is
not entirely a free action.
3. Voluntariness. It must be performed by an agent who decides willfully to
perform the act. This willfulness is the resolution to perform an act now or in
future time.
Modifiers of the Human Acts
1. Ignorance. The absence of knowledge that a person ought to possess
2. Passions & Concupiscence. Tendencies away from undesirable or harmful
things. The former are called positive emotion, while the latter are negative
emotions
3. Fear. The disturbance of the mind of a person who is confronted by an
impending danger or harm to himself or to his loved ones.

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY ACADEMY

JOSHUA D. OJENAL
Madrid Blvd., Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
Designer 3
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frequently repeated acts, for
acting in certain manner”, as defined by Paul Glenn.

MORAL

Open you genyo account. Determine whether the following are human acts or acts of man.

Actions Human Act or Act of Man

Eating
Exercising
Falling in love
Digestion of food
Heartbeat
Murder
Playing Basketball
Loving a person
Hunger
Hearing

Analyze once again the given situation before on page 1 (about abortion), and identify
the object, the intention and the circumstance/s. Type your answer using your genyo
account.

Format in answering:

Object:

Intention:

Circumstance/s:

o educate a person HEART

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JOSHUA D. OJENAL
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Madrid Blvd., Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
Designer 4
Theodore Roosevelt
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WORSHIP

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit

Prayer of St. Augustine

Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy.
Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy.
Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy.
Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.
Opening Prayer Guard me, the, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy. Amen

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit

REFERENCES:

 Paras, Raul L., Understanding Our Faith: Morality and Vocation, Quezon City:
Dane Publishing House, Inc., 2015, pp. 32-38.
 The images were borrowed from the internet

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY ACADEMY

JOSHUA D. OJENAL
Madrid Blvd., Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
Designer 5