Lesson 5 Flashcards
(34 cards)
Which of the following statements is ALWAYS TRUE?
i. Choices have consequences.
ii. We are who we are today because of the choices we made yesterday.
iii. Some things are given up while others are obtained in making choices.
all of the above
It views that the persons’ moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live?
Social contract theory
Who proposed that “Freedom is a means to human excellence, to human happiness, to the fulfillment of human destiny and that it is the capacity to choose wisely and to act well as a matter of habit—or, to use the old-fashioned term, as an outgrowth of virtue”?
St. Thomas Aquinas
What is the act of using your will to make a conscious decision?
volition
What is the act of making good judgment that allows a person to avoid risk?
prudence
In life, we have choices. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the choices that we make?
Everything that happens to us are all consequences of what we have in our environment.
What method of philosophizing focuses on the human freedom?
existentialism
Which statement describes freedom of choice?
The ability to decide for oneself shows freedom of choice
The ability to do one’s decision
What do you call a person’s natural birthright to make his/her own decisions and choose his/her own path?
free will
What comprised those laws that govern the nature of an eternal universe?
eternal law
Who is the well-known philosopher who claims that every experience is associated to water?
Thales
What covers good judgement, considering the consequences of an action, using common sense and discretion, exercising caution, and conforming to reason and decency?
prudence
the physical and mental ability to exercise that free will, and is also a
person’s birthright. It is the political/social/cultural climate where your “free will” may or
may not be actualized.
Freedom
In decision-making, we are guided by _____
reasons and intellect
Decisions are actually meaningless if we don’t have
the ______ to do it.
will
The historical law of Scripture given to us through God’s self-revelation.
Divine Law
the master principle of man that “good is to be done and pursued and
evil avoided.” This is the instruct of self-preservation.
Natural law
the interpretation of natural law in different contexts.
Human Law
foundation for moral and civil law.
Natural law
aptly chose and proposed Love rather than Law to bring about the transformation of humanity.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Freedom is therefore the very core
and the door to authentic existence.
Jean Paul Sartre
the condition wherein people give up some individual
liberty in exchange for some security.
Social contract
When there has been no covenant, no action can be unjust.
Thomas Hobbes
His famous idea, ‘man is
born free, but he is everywhere in chains’ challenged the
traditional order of society.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau