GOOD MORNING!

HERMES!
Unit 5: FREEDOM OF
THE HUMAN PERSON
GROUP 1

LALAINE ANGELA BUENO & CHARLENE DE GUZMAN

ELLOISA LABASTIDA & JOHN PAUL BARRUN

ALEXANDER ROMEROSO & EDMERIELYN MAGPANTAY

JEDEYAH MONARES & RIZZA VIRAY

JOMARI MALANA
• Characterizes the essence of man and his existence…

• Freedom is a state of mind; It is a philosophical concept reflecting an inalienable

human right to realize one’s human will.

• The ability to exercise one’s freedom in any manner is called freedom of choice.

• Generally, is having the ability to act or change without constraint. Something is

“free” if it can change easily and is not constrained in its present state.

• A person has a freedom to do things that will not, in theory or in practice, be

prevented by other forces.
Lesson 1: The will: The
existence, Nature and
Object
* The will, in philosophy and psychology , is a term used
to describe the faculty that is alleged to stimulate
motivation of purpose activity. The concept has been
variously interpreted by philosophers, some accepting the
will as a personal faculty as function .
*The reality of individual will is described altogether by
the doctrine of determinism. Modern psychology
considers the concept of the will as scientific (as in
skinner ) and has looked to other factors such as
unconscious motivation or psychological influence to
explain human actions..
 However, the existence of the will can be demonstrated
philosophically and confirmed by data derived from everyday experience.

Another empirical confirmation of the existence of the will derived

from the fact that we sometimes will an object which is repulsive to our
body and sense tendencies ; for instance when we swallow a bitter medicine
or submit to a painful operation or tooth extraction.

Another proof for the existence of the will phenomenon of voluntary

attention. Voluntary attention is distinct from spontaneous attention.
Spontaneous attention presents in animals. It is a concentration of the senses
and of the mind on some object which appeals to one of the lower derived.
 We might say, the, that the will is naturally
determined to seek the good, if I were presented with an
unmitigated, simple, unqualified good, my will would
certainly be necessitated toward it. With this in mind that
all things good in some ways and that way will tends
spontaneously toward them because they are somehow
good I recognized nevertheless that my "tending" is
always concerned with an existential, real world in
which good are precisely limited, finite, conditional,
interrelated, and ordered to other goods.
• The will is a tendency toward an intellectually
known goods thus is precisely the "good" aspect of
the object which attracts my will.
• The only object which could necessitate my will
would be a good that is unconditionally good in an
unqualified sense.
• In many of choices however, the goods the from
which i select as the "the good for me in this
decision" are all conditioned, limited and qualified.
• Therefore freedom of choice can be operative in my
behavior.
 Aquinas' ideas about the will are a complex of
three powers of the human soul, which can be
described as the intellect ( perspective, apprehensive
, cognitive ) the will ( motive, appetitive, conative )
and the passion or feelings ( sensitive, emotive ).
Intellect and will are engaged in a dynamic, complex
interaction with multiple stages between an initial
perception and cognition by the intellect to the final action
of the will, with occasional interruption or overrize by the
passions.
EVALUATE
AND
EXERCISE
PRUDENCE
IN
CHOICES
• Means to be careful before completely
making up one’s mind about an important
decision.

• This is in order to avoid making a big

mistake that could may result in an
unmanageable problem.
CAN AN INDIVIDUAL BE FREE?
“Our struggle for freedom is not due to a will to
be free as for Aristotle and Satre, but to certain
behavioral processes characteristic of the human
organism, the chief effect of which is the
avoidance of or escape from aversive features
of the environment.”
- Skinner
The feeling of freedom becomes an unreliable guide as soon
as would-be controllers turn to non-aversive measures, as
they are likely to do to avoid the problems raised when the
controller escapes or attacks.

Example:

“A skillful parent learns to reward a child for good behavior

rather than punish him for bad.”
Demonstrating Prudence in All Choices

• Prudence is an act of making good judgment that allows person to

avoid risks. It is important to be prudent at all times to prevent any harm
that a decision may cause.

• In making decision, it is critical to determine the adverse effects

beforehand to avoid greater risks.

• Exercising prudence in choice implies that one has already criticized all
available options, and well-thought-of choice has been made.
Demonstrating Prudence in All Choices
 LESSON 3:
ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES
 Learners Outcome:

* The learner understands the

human person's freedom.

* The learner shows situations that

demonstrate freedom of choice and
the consequences of choices
 Actions and Consequences

-All actions (spoken and physical) have

consequences. Some are good (positive)
and some bad (negative).
What is the
What is the result of this
main thing
action? How does it
that is
make people feel?
happening?

Class laughed and find it

funny.
Tony has a seizure Susan gets angry and walks
and is bullied by the out.
class? Tony is embarrassed, lonely
and sad
 Many of us have spent more than a night
or two staring at the ceiling, one wondering
what to do with our lives, what career to
pursue, and where we’d be living. And then,
we spend our days making choices about
what shoes to wear, which road will get us to
work quicker and where we should eat for
lunch.
 Its not always easy to make a sound
choice, but when we do, process like this:

1.Determine your goal.

2.Determine its value.

4.Determine the likelihood of each
option meeting your goal.

5.Choose the option with highest

likelihood of meeting it.

6.Use the outcome of this experience

to adjust your future goals and the
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