First Moral Principle Analysis

d) Having a sense of detachment from all the specific and limited projects one undertakes,

e) Not abandoning general commitments lightly,

f) Acting to bring about good with efficiency,

g) Respecting every basic value in every act by never choosing against a basic good,

h) Favoring and fostering the common good of one’s communities, and

i) Following one’s conscience.

In addition to the principles of practical reason Finnis has also talked about the concept of First Moral Principle (FMP). First Moral Principle provides that in voluntarily acting for human goods and avoiding what is opposed to them, one ought to choose and otherwise will choose those and only those possibilities whose willing is compatible with integral human fulfillment. The purpose of the FPM is to give explicit force to the good implicit

An act can be purely considered for the purpose of play, but an act can also have its own, independent play value even when that act has a more serious context.

AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE - Aesthetic experience is similar but distinguishable from the basic good of play. Play may be the occasion for aesthetic experience, but aesthetic experience does not necessarily need an action. The good that is sought may be beauty outside oneself or the internal appreciation of that beauty.

SOCIABILITY - Sociability in its weakest form, it is realized by a minimum of peace and harmony amongst men and its strongest manifestation is the creation of a full friendship. Much collaboration between persons is for the realization of each one’s own personal purposes, but friendship also involves acting for another’s purposes or well-being. To be in a relationship of friendship with at least one other person is a fundamental form of