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Question 1: In the case of Robinhood, can the end justify the means? Use the elements that determine the morality of a human act in justifying your answer.

Question 2:What is the proper use of conscience in our ethical decisions?

NOTES;

3 ELEMENTS THAT DETERMINE THE MORALITY OF A HUMAN ACT

1.Act/Action - There are actions that we can easily see if they are good or bad.

Example:

-Killing is obviously bad

-Helping is generally good

2.Purpose/Intention - There are actions that morality can only be seen upon examining the purpose of the doer.

Example:

-Helping someone. Is it good or bad?

-It depends on the purpose of the doer.

3.Circumstance -(who, what, when, where, how or person/doer, action/thing, time, place, and

manner)

Example:

-Ispunching someone bad?What ifit's ababypunch or just a friendly punch?

-What if you slap someone unintentionally out of panic?

-Is it wrong to be naked?How about in thebathroom?

Other Principles/application of the Act, Purpose and Circumstance criteria:

1. The Act is good if the three (Act, Purpose, and Circumstance) are good.
2. If one of the three (Act, Purpose, and Circumstance) is bad, then the act is bad.
3. An indifferent act may become morally good or bad.(depending on theintention/purpose of the doer)

4.An objectively good act may become morally bad. (Purpose?)

Example: when a person gives alms to a poor girl with the intention of seducing her.

5.An objectively bad act can never become good in spite of the good motive.

Example: to steal money with the good intention of giving it to charitable institutions or to the poor, as the legendary Robin Hood did. As the principle says, "The end does not justify the means."