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HUMAN ACTS
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ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES
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, the senile are considered incapable of acting knowingly.
It must be performed by an agent who is acting freely, that is, by his own violation and powers. An action done under
duress and against ones will is not entirely a free action.
It must be performed by an agent who decides willfully to performed the act. This willfulness is the resolve to perform an
act here and now, or in some future time.
MORAL
DISTINCTIONS
VOLUNTARINESS
TYPES OF VOLUNTARINESS
INDIRECTLY VOLUNTARY
By Paul Glenn :
The
doer
has
moral
obligation not to do that
which produces an evil
effect.
By Alfredo Panizo :
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