Man andFreedom

PREPARED BY: BAJ-2A GROUP 6

Freedom and Our Filipino
Thinker
s Influenced by the Liberalism of the eighteenth and

nineteenth centuries our Filipino heroes had definite
idea about freedom or liberty
 Filipino thinkers formulated the idea which
emphasized the full development of the Filipino
free from the restraints of the Spanish government
Freedom and Responsibility

 Four Main Conditions Why Man Is Responsible For

His Action
 A.) Self-sameness – there must be continuity
of personal identity
 B.) The deed must issue from the will of the
agent
 C.) The doer must be supposed to be intelligent
 D.) The doer must be a moral agent
Freedom and Social Control

 Social Control – is the process by which order

is established and maintained in society
 Habits – are the basis of social
control

 No one in society is ever that free. In other words, our

freedom is limited by the freedoms of our neighbors.
It is limited by our customs, tradition and laws.
Freedom and Government

 Laws- are enacted to protect our society and to preserve

our system of morality. It is the task of government to
legislate these laws and to implement them.
 Governments – have so encroached upon human
freedom that is easy to draw the conclusion that there is
an irreconcilable conflict between governmental activity
and individual liberty.
 Good Constitution – attempts to reconcile government
authority and personal liberty by delimiting the areas of
each.
 Bill of Rights –embodies by the Constitution designed to
protect individual liberties and to put a limitation upon
the power of the State
Essential Civil
Liberties:
 1.) The Right To Freedom – means we cannot enslave
other individuals
 2.) The Right to Equality - the right of individual in a
democratic society is to enjoy not in talent or
beauty but equality under law and opportunity.
 3.) Freedom of Abode and Movement – this
guarantees the right of a person to have his home in
whatever place he chooses and also to travel within
his country and abroad
 4.) Freedom of Expression – The right of all persons to
express themselves freely is essential to a democratic
society.
 5.) Freedom of Conscience – We like to believe that no
man is really free unless his freedom includes the right to
make his decisions concerning the existence of a god
and the nature of the human soul.
 6.) Citizenship and Suffrage – the right to the status of
citizen is axiomatic in a republic, for citizenship is our
badge of full membership in our country.
 7.) The Right to Criminal Justice – a system of criminal
procedure that guarantees justice to every person
accused of wrong doing is indispensable in a democratic
society