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Human Acts :Human Acts A specifically human act is intelligently motivated, that is, motivated by intelligible human goods, not sensible goods.
Slide 3:Sensible goods: The taste of a burger
A pleasant odor
The warmth of a beach Intelligible goods: Friendships
A game of chess (leisure)
A religious action
Truth
Slide 4:Scratching an itch is not a specifically human act Asking a question is a specifically human action that is motivated by a desire to possess an intelligible human good (truth).
The Sensitive Appetites :The Sensitive Appetites
Slide 12:The emotions have an innate need to be guided by reason
Slide 16:Why? Because virtue perfects the powers of the soul. In other words, virtue disposes the powers of the soul to their proper activity. Happiness: Activity in accordance with perfect virtue
Slide 17:Human life is a quest for the Supreme and Perfect Good. But human nature is not proportioned to it. The Supreme Good exceeds the capacity of human nature.