| A | B |
|---|
| acts of human | acts that do not involve the intellect and will (e.g. breathing, sneezing) |
| consequentialism | an ethical system that determines good and evil from the consequences that follow an act. |
| circumstances | the moral conditions that are added to and modify the moral nature of an action. |
| end (of an action) | the first goal of the intention and the purpose pursued in the action. |
| fundamental option | the free and responsible choice a person makes to orient, in a radical manner, his whole existence in a moral direction toward good or evil. |
| human acts | actions that are performed with deliberation and free choice. |
| intention (of an action) | a movement of the will toward the end, the goal of the activity. |
| moral relativism | the belief that there are no absolute truths. |
| object (of an action) | a good toward which the will directs itself. |
| proportionalism | an ethical system that deduces the moral value of an act from the proportion of good and evil effects. |
| rationalism | the doctrine that rejects supernatural revelation and makes reason the sole source of knowledge. |
| situation ethics | an ethical theory that derives good and eveil from the circumstances that accompany the acting agent. |
