SITUATION 1:

Patrick drove his car without

registration and license.
 SITUATION 2:
Erwin used all his income in
upgrading his motorcycle.
 SITUATION 3:
Janzen entered in a no-label
relationship.
 SITUATION 4:
Mark uses digital devices in
finishing his studies.
 SITUATION 5:
Nadine copied someone’s song just
to please her mother.
“ THE BOAT IS
SINKING!
”
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15
WITHOUT VOICE
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12
5
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NOT STANDING
(CRAWL, SIT)
1
FREEDOM
When you woke up this morning, what did
you do first?
 WHAT IS
FREEDOM?
WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU FEEL FREE THE MOST?
1. identify the different concepts related
to understanding of human freedom;
2. explain the relationship between
Human freedom and Obligation;
3. distinguish Human actions from Acts
of Man;
4. distinguish intellectual choice from
practical choice;
5. apply the concepts to hypothetical
situations.
 FREEDOM OF THE HUMAN PERSON

•The human capacity to act (or not to

act) as we choose or prefer without
any external compulsion or restraint.
 FREEDOM OF THE HUMAN PERSON

•Important indication of human freedom

is the ability to MAKE CHOICES and
PERFORM ACTIONS. Our freedom
to act sets us apart from other beings.
 ANIMALS HUMAN PERSONS
Respond to commands  Can choose the course
Trained and of action to take when
conditioned to perform given a stimulus or
Act instinctively faced with a certain
(actions are situation.
predetermined
responses to certain
stimuli)
 ARISTOTLE
(The Power of Volition)

•VOLITION is the ability or power to use or

discharge one’s will.
•If there were no intellect, there would be no
will.
 ARISTOTLE
(The Power of Volition)

•It is within the power of everyone to be good or

bad, or worthy or worthless.
•The happiness of every human being is in his own
hands, to preserve and develop, or to cast away.
 ARISTOTLE
(The Power of Volition)

•For Aristotle, a human being is

RATIONAL. Reason is a divine
characteristic.
 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
(Freedom is Spirituality and Love)

•Freedom, for St. Thomas, is the manner

intellectual being seek UNIVERSAL
GOODNESS.
 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
(Freedom is Spirituality and Love)

•St. Thomas considers the human being as a

MORAL AGENT.
•Whether we choose to be “good” or “evil”
becomes our responsibility.
 JEAN PAUL SARTRE
(Individual Freedom)

•For Sartre, the human person build the road to

the destiny of his/her choosing: he/she is the
creator.
•Sartre’s Existentialism stems from this principle:
EXISTENCE comes before ESSENCES.
 JEAN PAUL SARTRE
(Individual Freedom)

•Sartre emphasizes the importance of FREE INDIVIDUAL

CHOICE, regardless of the power of other people to
influence and coerce our desires, beliefs, and decisions.
•Freedom means exercising our capacity to make decisions,
change our life path and direct the course of our lives
through our own steering.
 JEAN PAUL SARTRE
(Individual Freedom)

•Freedom is something that is

exercised through our CHOICES.
 THOMAS HOBBES, JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU AND JOHN
LOCKE

•Theory of Social Contract

•Social Contract- an agreement where
individuals sacrifice their freedom
and submit to a higher authority.
 THOMAS HOBBES, JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU AND JOHN
LOCKE

•Hobbes, Rousseau and Locke define

freedom of an individual in the context of
having a government to rule them
(contract), which is the basis of notion of
moral obligation and duty.
 THOMAS HOBBES, JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU AND JOHN
LOCKE

•It is a necessity that we must assure for

the government and people to work as
one. From this understanding also
arises certainty that we have freedom.
 1. PHYSICAL FREEDOM

Refers to the ABSENCE of any

PHYSICAL RESTRAINT. The person
has the freedom of mobility to go where
he/she wants to go.
 2. PSYCHOLOGICAL FREEDOM

• Also called as “FREEDOM OF

CHOICE”.
• The person is free to perform actions
that he/she considers right and wise. A
person is also free to act or not to act.
 2. PSYCHOLOGICAL FREEDOM

• Psychological freedom is INNATE and

CANNOT BE DENIED AS A PERSON.
Example:
 Freedom to choose friends
 Freedom to choose your partner
 Freedom to choose your course in college
 Freedom to be what you want to be
 3. MORAL FREEDOM

• Using freedom in a manner that upholds human

dignity and goodness.
Example:
 Doing charitable works
 Participating on outreach activities
 Being sensitive to the needs of others
 Being prudent on the use of social media
 Participating on volunteer works
 Identify which kind of freedom is being
referred or violated on the following slides.
 Is the
mandatory use
of face mask
and face
shield a
violation of
our freedom?
Thank you