The Human Person & Freedom

Humans are to be free in their choices and actions, then these choices and actions should not be determined.

• Natural Freedom

• Social Freedom

Human freedom is the absence of force, constraints, or anything that makes a person act against his/her will or desire

• Natural Freedom

• Social Freedom

"Will" refers to our mental ability to make choice and do actions to carry these choices.

• True

• False

This view believes that everybody have absolute freedom to live their lives as how they see fit.

• Liberalism

• Libertarianism

• Socialism

One’s choice is a form of action. Action is a realization of one’s thought or idea. How is one’s will related to reasoning?

• One’s will guides his/her reasoning.

• The will is volitional.

• One’s will is guided by his/her reasoning.

• The will is independent from reasoning because they work separately.

Freedom is the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint

• true

• false

Freedom is the exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.

• true

• false

It is the status of morally deserving praise, blame, reward, or punishment for an act or omission, in accordance with one’s moral obligations.

• MORAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Principle of Alternative Possibilities

• Moral Tendency

Aristotle referred this as the humanity's capacity to make choices.

• right

• wrong

• free will

• judgment

If you have the Filipino value of "utang na loob, which of the following will you most likely to do?

• repaying those who have helped us

• establishing give-and-take-relationship

• gratefulness to any help given by other people

• All of the above