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Fr. Hardon Archives - Norms and Postulates
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Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Archives
Moral Theology
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Chapter II Norms and Postulates
by John A. Hardon, S.J.
An objective approach to moral science demands some knowledge of its basic
postulates and some familiarity with its terms. Sciences like physics and mathematics,
for example, have their own presuppositions and a specialized vocabulary, without
which it would be impossible to communicate as simple a fact as the expansion
of metals under increased temperature or the rudiments of commercial arithmetic.
Whatever else morality deals with, its main interest are human actions
performed knowingly and freely, and not through physical necessity, inadvertence
or instinctive spontaneity. The latter are sometimes (and not too happily) called
acts of man , on the assumption that truly human activity proceeds from
antecedent reflection and free choice of will, whereas anything else is man's
indeed, but not strictly human. Between the two is the essential difference
that some actions, like metabolism or the circulation of the blood are not under
our control. So, too, when a person talks in his sleep or under the influence
of drugs, he is not exercising his autonomy. But writing a letter or eating
a meal, in spite of distractions or preoccupations, may be done deliberately
and is therefore subject to dominion by the will.
Determinants of Morality.
However, just because an act is human does not tell us whether it is morally
good or bad. The moral quality of our actions derives from three different sources,
each so closely connected with the other that unless all"
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