Von Hildebrand elaborates upon the idea of intentional acts or intention (Intention) as developed in early phenomenology by arguing in The Idea of Moral Action of 1912 (published 1916) that stances or position-takings (Stellungnahmen) are also intentions.
Perhaps not so much with grand resolutions once a year but with wise decisions every day, not so much with good intentions, but rather with intentional acts.
Insurers can, and have, refused to pay churches in sexual misconduct cases they find are "intentional acts" -- behavior considered criminal in intent -- that is continual and that church officials hid.
And that's just the intentional acts.
But intentional acts of vandalism pale beside what people do with the most innocent of intentions.
"There are intentional acts and there are inadvertent acts, unknowing acts.
It filed the federal lawsuit against the Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company in March 2004 The insurer said it did not cover intentional acts or brokered payments.
At least six insurers refused to pay claims under the "intentional acts" exclusion because they said church leaders ignored documentation that the priest was a possible threat.
In addition, an increasing number of insurers have balked at paying settlements for "intentional acts" of sexual abuse by priests, leaving the dioceses with sole responsibility for paying.
"We think of discrimination, we think of racism, we think of exclusion as intentional acts," says Lewis-McCoy, the City College professor.
In the very rare cases where their aggression is externally directed, it does not take the form of systematic, meticulously planned, intentional acts of violence against a community.
