HUMAN FREEDOM Flashcards
What is freedom?
The ability to make choices and perform those choices.
The concept of freedom has limitations. True or false.
False, the concept of freedom is different for every person.
Explain Freedom itself.
It is the quality or state of being free.
What is Free will?
Ability to choose between two different possible courses of action, independently.
What is self- determination?
Ability to choose on what is right and wrong, that a person’s action determines what kind of person he or she becomes.
Give and Explain the three kinds of freedom.
Physical Freedom- the freedom of mobility to go where he or she wants to go.
Phycological Freedom- also called freedom of choice. Free to act or not to act.
Moral Freedom- upholds human dignity and goodness.
Give and Explain the two elements of freedom.
Voluntariness- ability of a person to act of his or her own free will and self-determination.
Responsibility- being accountable for his or her action and their consequences.
Free acts which can be assigned a corresponding moral value.
Voluntary Acts
what are the important factors to consider in the exercise of freedom?
Prudence- ability to govern and discipline oneself with the use of reason.
Self- reflection- allows us to be more rational in making choices.
Exercising Freedom in a Responsible and Beneficial Manner
Freedom should be exercised with regard for knowledge and truth.
Freedom should be exercised to uphold the freedom of others.
Differentiate Human actions and Acts of men.
Human Actions refer to the appropriate actions of human beings. It is also under the control of the will, which is proper to man.
Acts of men is shared by humans and animals. Vegetative acts and acts of perception and emotion.
What are voluntary actions?
Performing the act using knowledge about the situations of the act.
What are involuntary actions?
Acts done under force or coercion and ignorance
Give and explain the two classifications of voluntary acts.
Voluntary–actions are performed from will and reason.
Related to compulsion- mixed with involuntary but it is more voluntary when the desire and choice has been performed.
Give and explain the two classifications of involuntary actions.
Related to compulsion- It is mixed with voluntary but it is more involuntary when circumstances are beyond the control of the agent and contributes none to the action.
Through Ignorance of Particular Circumstances- where the doer failed to understand the effect and feels sorry on the result.
What did John Mothershead say about freedom?
Freedom and obligation are two indispensable conditions for morality to occur.
