ABSTRACT
Some have insisted upon a distinction between actiones hominis and actiones humanae. The former are actions that people perform, while the latter are those performed in a specifically human manner, viz. as a result of reflection and rational consideration of the objects of choice and of the circumstances. Actiones humanae do not include what we do when carried away by the first impulse that happens along (motus primo primi voluntatis); what we do in our sleep or in a state of insanity; or pure reflexes, performed from instinct or habit without our rational judgment inclining us one way or the other.
