[[catechism-of-the-catholic-church|Table of Contents]] --- - PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST - SECTION ONE: MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT - CHAPTER ONE: THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON - Article 4: THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS - IN BRIEF > [[3.1.1.4.p5s|Previous]] - [[3.1.1.5.p5u|Next]] --- # Article 4. The Morality of Human Acts – In Brief *1757 The object, the intention, and the circumstances make up the three "sources" of the morality of human acts.* ^ccc-1757 *1758 The object chosen morally specifies the act of willing accordingly as reason recognizes and judges it good or evil.* ^ccc-1758 *1759 "An evil action cannot be justified by reference to a good intention" (cf St. Thomas Aquinas, Dec. praec. 6). The end does not justify the means.* ^ccc-1759 *1760 A morally good act requires the goodness of its object, of its end, and of its circumstances together.* ^ccc-1760 *1761 There are concrete acts that it is always wrong to choose, because their choice entails a disorder of the will, i.e., a moral evil. One may not do evil so that good may result from it.* ^ccc-1761 --- > [[3.1.1.4.p5s|Previous]] - [[3.1.1.5.p5u|Next]]