RIGHT AND REASON

Renno Jose B. Gabuya

Reporter
 MEANING OF RIGHT
MEANING OF REASON
RIGHT REASON AS A NORM
CONSCIENCE
CARDINAL VIRTUES
(Prudence, Courage, Temperance, Justice)
(Happiness, Love, Pleasure, Responsibility, Common
Good)
MEANING OF RIGHT
-Right is a state of mind in accordance with what is
good, proper or just. It is in conformity with fact,
reason or some standard principle.

-Right means something that is straight, not crooked, in

opposition to wrong.
MEANING OF REASON

-Reason is a basis or circumstance explaining

some belief, action, fact, or event. It is also a
statement presented in justification or
explanation of a belief or action.
RIGHT REASON AS A NORM

Reason works out an ethical judgment, and these are:

Any moral choice is preceded by intelligent

deliberation, a weighing of the reasons for and against
the contemplated course of action. These reasons are
expressed in sound judgment and practical judgments
that are direction of action. They present the good to
the will for its acceptance, the arguments in its favour,
the strength of the moral obligation involved, the
general moral principle of which this act is an instance,
and the reasonableness of choosing this form action.
2. Habit is said to be second in nature. If we want to
find out whether habits are good or bad, we should
compare them with the nature they are supposed to
enhance especially so when the nature is in question is
rational and we are dealing with right reason.
3. It is characteristic of reason to direct to an end.

4. Some values are seen to be nobler in intrinsic worth,

more inclusive in scope, more compatible with other
values, and more productive of order and harmony in
man and his relations with others.
CONSCIENCE
-Conscience is the intellect itself in a special
function, the function of judging the rightness or
wrongness of an individual’s act.
-Conscience is the sense of what is right and
wrong in one’s conduct or motives, impelling
one toward right action. It is the ethical and
moral principle that control or inhibit the
actions or thoughts of an individual.
CARDINAL VIRTUES
PRUDENCE
-Prudence is the quality of being cautious with
regard to one’s interests.

-It is care, caution and good judgment.

-Prudence chooses the right means towards

worthy ends, the choice of good means toward
bad ends.
COURAGE

-Courage is the quality of the mind or spirit

that enables a person to face difficulty;
danger or pain with firmness and without
fear.
2 TYPES OF COURAGE

Physical Courage

Moral Courage
TEMPERANCE
-Temperance is moderating or self-restraint in action or
statement.
-Temperance regulates the appetite in the use of
sensible pleasure.
-It moderate one’s drive toward self-preservation.
-It also acts as a curb on excessive indulgence in food
and drink and in the indulgence of sex.
JUSTICE

Justice is the quality of conforming to principles

of reason to generally accepted standards of
right and wrong, and to the stated terms of
laws, rules and agreements in matters affecting
persons who could be wronged or unduly
favoured.
Social justice refers to the organization of
society in such a way that the common good to
which all are expected to contribute in
proportion to their ability and opportunity is
available to all members for their ready use and
enjoyment. It shows itself more in economic,
industrial, racial, and political relations.
HAPPINESS
-Happiness results from the possession or
attainment of what one considers good. It
is the quality or state of being happy
because of good fortune or good things
happen.
-Happiness is desire satisfied by the
conscious possession of the good.
LOVE
-The man who has no love in his life can hardly
be thought of as human. Although love may be
too blind as a guide and too uncritical as a norm,
so that we cannot use it to show us what is
good, it is surely, the noblest aspiration and the
most dynamic force we can have to drive us on
toward whatever good we know.
PLEASURE
-Pleasure is the state or condition of being
pleased. It the enjoyment or satisfaction derived
from what is to one’s liking, gratification, and
satisfaction.
-Pleasure is a very important good.
-It is a stimulus that nature uses to allure us to
the proper use of our abilities.
-It is also a subjective experience sought for its
own sake.
RESPONSIBILITY

-Responsibility is the state or fact of being responsible

of one’s action and answerable for the act in so far as
he did it.
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THE COMMON GOOD
-The common good is the end for which society exists. -
-The common good is an intermediate end, and end
that also a means towards man’s ultimate goal.
-The means society uses to develop and share the
common good are called institutions.