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Introduction to the
Philosophy
of the Human Person
Quarter 2 – Module 5
Freedom of the Human Person
Table of Contents
Overview i
Pre – Assessment iv
Lesson Proper
Making Choices 5
Generalization 13
Application 14
Post – Assessment 15
References 19
Overview
Name: Date: Score:
Performance
The learner shows situations that demonstrate freedom of choice
Standards:
and the consequences of choices
- Learning Objectives
What I Know?
- Pre-Assessment
What’s In?
- Review Activity
What’s New?
- Motivational Activity
What is It?
- Lesson Proper
What’s More?
- Performance Task
- Generalization
- Application
Assessment
- Post-Assessment
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The following are your guides for the proper use of this module:
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What I know
A. Encircle the letter that corresponds your answer. Write your answers in your
activity notebook.
1. This refers to the ability to make choices and perform actions. It is an intrinsic
and essential property of the human person.
a. Freedom
b. Free Will
c. Psychological freedom
d. Voluntariness
3. This is the kind of freedom which allows a person to perform actions which he
or she considers right and wise.
a. Freedom of choosing
b. Voluntarism
c. Psychological freedom
d. Moral Freedom
5. This means that a person is being accountable for his or her actions and their
consequences.
a. Responsibly
b. Responsibility
c. Irresponsibleness
d. Voluntariness
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B. Put a check beside each number of the statement which shows responsible
use of freedom.
1. Instead of buying new dress for a party she is going to attend, Sheena
decides to borrow a dress from her sister.
2. Knowing that her classmate will be humiliated by the photo she took, Mika still
posted the photo in their class group chat.
3. Despite his classmate’s friends threatening him, Mark decided to tell his
teacher that his classmates stole a test paper for their final examination.
4. Instead of going out with his friends on a Saturday night, Miguel spends his
time with his family.
5. Although the beauty product Kim is selling is very in demand, Kim stopped
selling it knowing that it can cause harm to the skin if used for a long time.
C. Analyzing situations.
Read the following situations below. How are you going to apply prudence in
making a choice to exercise your freedom more responsibly? Encircle the letter
that corresponds your answer.
a. You are going to stay in your school because that is what your parents
want you to do.
b. You won’t mind because that is your parent’s problem.
c. You will explain to your parents that transferring school is the best way
to resolve the family’s financial problem.
d. You will stop going to school.
2. A teacher informed you that your brother has to repeat some subjects due to
his failing grades. She asked you to tell your parents about it and that she
wanted to meet them. But your brother asked you not to tell your parents and
that he will find another person to stand as your parents. What are you going
to do?
a. You will not tell your parents because your brother asked you not to do
it.
b. You will not tell your parents in exchange of your brother’s allowance.
c. You won’t mind because you do not care about your brother’s problem.
d. You will tell your parents because you know that granting your brothers
request will not do any good but instead will just lead him to do to
things that could again affect his studies.
3. Your best friend humiliated you, making you a laughing stock in your school.
As her best friend you also knew a lot about her that would humiliate her as
well when exposed. What then are you going to do?
a. You will not do what she did to you because you know that it will not do
any good.
b. You will expose her secrets so that she will have the same fate as you.
c. You will confront and start a fight with her.
d. You will not do the same, instead you’ll do actions that will gain back
your friendship.
4. You are invited to a debut party of your best friend. She expected you to be
there. Her birthday falls on a Wednesday but you’re having a final exam the
next day. How are you going to deal with the situation?
a. You will go to the party and will not study for your exam.
b. You will not go to the party and you will study for your exam.
c. You will go to the party but you will go home early to study.
d. You will not go to the party and will not study.
5. You saw a classmate bullied by your schoolmates outside your school. You
just turned a blind eye and walked the other way because you do not want to
get involved. The next day, you heard the news that your bullied classmate
was admitted to the hospital due to injuries. The school and the family of the
bullied child is asking if someone saw the incident to have someone to testify.
The bullies already warned you not say a single word otherwise they will do
the same to you. What are you going to do then?
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What’s New?
2. What do you think is the difference if the bird is inside the cage and if it is
outside?
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What is It?
What is Freedom?
- The ability to make choices and perform those choices.
- The ability to be what we want and to decide and create oneself.
1. Freedom itself
According to Merriam Dictionary, it is the quality or state of being free.
It is our capacity to choose of what we wanted and an inner awareness of
what is right and wrong that is traced to our free will according to Aristotle. It is
also an intrinsic and an essential property of a human person which basically
means, it is a part of our human nature.
Example:
Think of yourself as a student, your teacher told you to study your lessons for
the day for you will have a long quiz the next meeting. However, as you
reached home you find yourself having a good time doing Facebook and
online chatting with your friends. Using your freedom, you can either choose
to follow your teacher’s advice to study your lessons for your quiz the next
morning or continue doing the thing which you find enjoyable.
2. Free will
Our free will allows us to decide on things we do depending on the
situation. It is our ability to choose between two different possible courses of
action, independently. Simply put it, free will is our ability to choose things
according to our moral reasoning.
To sum it all, our freedom then could trace down in a person’s exercise
of his rationality/intellect and free will. Simply that individual actions as it is
freely chosen by an individual it then defines who and what kind of person one
is. We all are free to choose, to be good person and act on it accordingly or
be a bad person and act in a bad way. As our actions and choices reflects us
doing what is good and acting on it is what makes you a good person while on
the other hand doing the negative will also give a negative impression to an
individual. This has been tackled on the previous lesson that self-
determination or the ability to choose on what is right and wrong, that a
person’s action determines what kind of person he or she becomes.
KINDS OF FREEDOM
1. Physical Freedom
Physical freedom refers to the absence of any physical restraint. The person has
the freedom of mobility to go where he or she wants to go. He or she is not impeded in
his or her actions by any physical force. Granted that the person has natural limitations,
physical freedom allows him or her to act and move in determined manner. You cannot
be everywhere at once, but your freedom allows you to move one place to another and
to go whenever you want to go.
2. Psychological Freedom
3. Moral Freedom
Moral freedom refers to using freedom in a manner that upholds human dignity
and goodness. Freedom is not an object that a person may use in whatever way he or
she pleases. A person must use his or her freedom to grow as a person. A person
becomes freer when he or she uses freedom well, but becomes less free when he or
she uses it in a bad way. Humans have a natural inclination for what is true and good,
and when a person uses his or her freedom to do acts that violates human dignity and
goodness, he or she dehumanizes himself or herself and effectively negates human
freedom.
What’s More?
Activity 2: My Reflection.
Take a look at the pictures below. What can you say about the pictures? Have
you been in this kind of situation? What are the things you considered in making
choices? Write your reflection in your activity notebook.
What’s New?
What is It?
1. Voluntariness
It is the ability of a person to act of his or her own free will and self-
determination. A person may decide to do things or not to do it according
to his own free will. It also means that even though she/he is not required
to do such things he/she could still do it or take action on it.
2. Responsibility
Michael invited Ken to a party club. At the club, Ken was very surprised to see his
former classmates and some acquaintances. It was very lively, people were dancing, singing
and others were drinking and smoking. But, there is something that caught Ken’s attention, a
group of people in the corner doing something unusual. And to his surprise, Michael was one
of them. He came near to them and Michael immediately offer him a methamphetamine
(shabu). At first, he refused knowing that the use of it is illegal. However, with the persistent
effort of Michael, Ken tried it. Unexpectedly, police officers came to raid the club. Ken was
abducted.
There are important factors to consider in the exercise of freedom. These are
Prudence and Self-reflection.
Prudence is the ability to govern and discipline oneself with the use of
reason; it is having caution and giving good judgments in making
decisions.
What’s More?
As a student, you have made some important life decisions in the past.
Make a time-line of major decisions in your life and below the line
then write down the consequence of those particular decisions.
Activity3: Reflect.
Write your reflection in your activity notebook.
1. Recall a situation in your life that in where you apply prudence in making a
choice. How does this decision create an impact your life?
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What’s In?
1. What do you think is the message the picture below is trying to convey?
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2. How do you think does the picture relates to the previous lesson?
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What is It?
Examples:
1. A student may be first in line in a grocery store but chooses to give way to an
elderly woman next to her.
2. You may be very upset to a friend for losing a thing she borrowed but refuses
to confront her because you already know that she already feels bad of
herself for the thing she had done.
3. You may be very angry with your teacher for scolding you in front of the entire
class, but you refrained from answering back at him/her since it will be
considered as disrespectful act.
Giving limits to our personal freedom simply means sacrificing certain self-
interest and accept that there are things beyond our control. Our ability to think and
know what is right and what is wrong serves as guide in recognizing and deciding
the limitations of our freedom.
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- Example:
We should also be equipped with the ability to acquire information and truthful
knowledge because it will aid us in making wise and informed choices.
Example:
In casting our votes during SSG election, we will not vote to a candidate
because of she/he is attractive or appealing but because she/he is
knowledgeable on the important school issues.
Example:
A teacher doing his/her class discussion under the Narra tree instead of
having it inside the classroom.
You shared your hard-earned money to cater the needs of your friend who is
in dire needs of it for the realization of his/her school project.
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What’s More?
ACTION CONSEQUENCES
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1. Reflect on your past experiences and identify a moment when you believed
you had “no choice” regarding your action or decisions, or you made a choice
that you eventually regretted. Reevaluate the situation and how important is it
to apply prudence in making a choice.
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• (Corresponding
Possible Consequences)
Choice 1 • 1.
• 2.
Possible • (Corresponding
PROBLEM Consequences)
Choice 2 • 1.
• 2.
• (Corresponding
Possible Consequences)
Choice 3 • 1.
• 2.
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Assessment
A. Encircle the letter that corresponds your answer. Write your answers in your
activity notebook.
1. This refers to the ability to make choices and perform actions. It is an intrinsic
and essential property of the human person.
a. Freedom
b. Free Will
c. Psychological freedom
d. Voluntariness
3. This is the kind of freedom which allows a person to perform actions which he
or she considers right and wise.
a. Freedom of choosing
b. Voluntarism
c. Psychological freedom
d. Moral Freedom
5. This means that a person is being accountable for his or her actions and their
consequences.
a. Responsibly
b. Responsibility
c. Irresponsibleness
d. Voluntariness
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B. Put a check beside each number of the statement which shows responsible
use of freedom.
1. Instead of buying new dress for a party she is going to attend, Sheena
decides to borrow a dress from her sister.
2. Knowing that her classmate will be humiliated by the photo she took, Mika still
posted the photo in their class group chat.
3. Despite his classmate’s friends threatening him, Mark decided to tell his
teacher that his classmates stole a test paper for their final examination.
4. Instead of going out with his friends on a Saturday night, Miguel spends his
time with his family.
5. Although the beauty product Kim is selling is very in demand, Kim stopped
selling it knowing that it can cause harm to the skin if used for a long time.
C. Analyzing situations.
Read the following situations below. How are you going to apply prudence in
making a choice to exercise your freedom more responsibly? Encircle the letter
that corresponds your answer.
e. You are going to stay in your school because that is what your parents
want you to do.
a. You won’t mind because that is your parent’s problem.
b. You will explain to your parents that transferring school is the best way
to resolve the family’s financial problem.
c. You will stop going to school.
2. A teacher informed you that your brother has to repeat some subjects due to
his failing grades. She asked you to tell your parents about it and that she
wanted to meet them. But your brother asked you not to tell your parents and
that he will find another person to stand as your parents. What are you going
to do?
a. You will not tell your parents because your brother asked you not to do
it.
b. You will not tell your parents in exchange of your brother’s allowance.
c. You won’t mind because you do not care about your brother’s problem.
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d. You will tell your parents because you know that granting your brothers
request will not do any good but instead will just lead him to do to
things that could again affect his studies.
3. Your best friend humiliated you, making you a laughing stock in your school.
As her best friend you also knew a lot about her that would humiliate her as
well when exposed. What then are you going to do?
a. You will not do what she did to you because you know that it will not do
any good.
b. You will expose her secrets so that she will have the same fate as you.
c. You will confront and start a fight with her.
d. You will not do the same, instead you’ll do actions that will gain back
your friendship.
4. You are invited to a debut party of your best friend. She expected you to be
there. Her birthday falls on a Wednesday but you’re having a final exam the
next day. How are you going to deal with the situation?
a. You will go to the party and will not study for your exam.
b. You will not go to the party and you will study for your exam.
c. You will go to the party but you will go home early to study.
d. You will not go to the party and will not study.
5. You saw a classmate bullied by your schoolmates outside your school. You
just turned a blind eye and walked the other way because you do not want to
get involved. The next day, you heard the news that your bullied classmate
was admitted to the hospital due to injuries. The school and the family of the
bullied child is asking if someone saw the incident to have someone to testify.
The bullies already warned you not say a single word otherwise they will do
the same to you. What are you going to do then?
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REFERENCES
Abella, Roberto D. M.Div., D.Min. “Freedom of the Human Person” In Introduction to
the Philosophy of the Human Person. Quezon City: C&E Publishing Inc.2016
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