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Ignorance is the absence or lack of knowledge about something. Such ignorance erases our responsibility if
a. In my internship at the hospital, I tried to learn how to apply CPR but I just could not master the skill;
b. My father instructed me how to drive but I refuse to learn because I am afraid of accidents;
c. It is impossible for me to learn about music because I am deaf;
d. It is impossible for me to know about American culture since I have not been there.
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Gross and affected ignorance differ in terms of degree of responsibility because in affected ignorance responsibility is
greater when
a. Myla tried to learn the skill but she simply could not master it;
b. Greg intend not to learn to drive because he hates it;
c. Meriam was absent from the class because she attended a birthday party;
d. Only a and b and not c
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We will know that the ignorance is crass ignorance and NOT gross ignorance when
a. a driver of a passenger bus does not know traffic rules and road courtesy;
b. a Speech teacher learns only a little in manipulating the gadgets at the Speech Laboratory;
c. vendor purposely refuse to know the law thinking that he can use it as an excuse;
d. all of the above
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Ignorance is invincible if
a. No matter how much Anna will try in order learn playing the piano, she cannot;
b. Martin reads all the books and yet he cannot still know what is beyond the universe;
c. Rouella has learned to play the guitar during childhood but has already forgotten it due to lack of practice;
d. Bobby, a one year old boy does not understand what is good and what is evil.
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10. Gross ignorance and affected ignorance differ in as much as AFFECTED ignorance occur when
a. a classmate of yours who was absent did not care to ask about the assignment to be submitted that day;
b. a classmate of yours who was assigned to read an article refused to read;
c. a classmate of yours who was chosen as the leader of your group and yet does not know his duties as a leader;
d. a classmate of yours who was assigned to study a particular chapter and only learn a little from his readings.
Test IV. Identification. Write the answer to the following questions.
1. What is the morality of an action if one of the constitutive parts of the human act is not good?
2. What is that concupiscence that occurs immediately after the stimulus is felt?
3. When is concupiscence considered to be act of man?
4. When is concupiscence considered to be human act?
5. What is that concupiscence where that action can be evaluated if it is good or evil?
6. What is that concupiscence where action is amoral?
7. What is that concupiscence when someone feels hatred to somebody?
8. What is that concupiscence when someone gets anger because his cell phone was stolen?
9. In concupiscence, when is it considered that reasoning or reflection and planning sets in?
10. If you were to determine, on what classification of concupiscence is love?
Test V. Essay.
1. You have learned that for an action to be good, all the constitutive parts must be good: the end, means, and
circumstance. Give an example where the action is considered evil even if the end and means are good because the
circumstance is evil.
2. Danny was drowning while swimming in a lake. Ted was with him, and Danny shouted for help. Ted would have
wanted to help Danny but he was afraid that there might be a snake in the water. Ted was not able to rescue Dan, so
Dan got drown and died. Can we trace responsibility on Teds part over Dannys death? Yes or No? Why?
3. Queenie discovered that her father Manuel has an illicit affair with their house help Minda. Knowing that her mother
Alma will surely get angry if she will know of that affair, Quennie is in a dilemma.
a. What possible course of action will Quennie take so that it will be considered evil? Why is it evil?
b. If you are in Quennies place, how are you going to deal with the problem? What course of action will you
take?
4. In the Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand, it is said that maximizing the potential of a person is an important principle.
You have a close friend who wants to borrow money from you because he wants to buy something. Your money is the
product of your labor while your closes friend has no job.
a. Based on the principle of Ayn Rand, will you give in to the request of your close friend?
b. If that friend of yours has a job, will your answer be the same? Why?