Jul
21
Recently, I gave talks to my prayer groups on the voluntariness and circumstances of human acts from the Summa Theologica.
Voluntariness
Human act is any thought, word, deed, desire, or omission which comes from a man by his free, knowing, and deliberate choice. Hence human act is voluntary. Animals lack intellect and will, and can only be guided by sense knowledge Violence (or force from outside) cannot directly affect the human will.