FREEDOM & RESPONSIBILITY

Realize that “all actions have consequences.” PPT11/12-IIa-5.1

Evaluate and exercise prudence in choices PPT11/12-IIa-5.2
Realize that: a. Choices have consequences b. Some things are given up while others
are obtained in making choices PPT11/12-IIb-5.3
Show situations that demonstrate freedom of choice and the consequences of their
choices PPT11/12-IIc-5.4
Philosophy Quarter 1 Module 5 - Introduction to Philosophy of the Human Person – Grade 12 - Studocu
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Activity 1: Draw Me A Picture. Draw the picture asked and answer the
guide questions.

1. In relation to freedom what do you

think does your drawing means?

2. What do you think is the difference if

the bird is inside the cage and if it is
outside?
 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.
Two concepts that will help us fully understand freedom:
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.
ELEMENTS OF FREEDOM
It’s Me! Read the
situation below and
answer the questions
after it.

◦One of the barangays

in your Municipality
was struck by an
earthquake. Your
school will be
conducting an
outreach activity to
help the affected
families and they need
a lot of manpower.
With this, they are
asking for student
volunteers who would
want to join the said
outreach activity.
 THERE ARE TWO
ELEMENTS THAT
DEFINE FREEDOM
◦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. Voluntary
acts are free acts which can be assigned a
corresponding moral value. One must always
remember that in every action we make, in every
choice we make there is an equivalent consequence.
These consequences affect not just the individual
who does the decision but also other people in their
surroundings. With that, one must always accept the
consequences that results from his or her decisions
or actions and take responsibility for them. THE
FORMAL ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF THE
HUMAN ACT. BOTH KNOWLEDGE AND
FREEDOM ARE PRESENT.
THERE ARE TWO
ELEMENTS THAT
DEFINE FREEDOM

2. Responsibility
Responsibility refers to the person being
accountable for his or her action and their
consequences. Taking responsibility can
mean either you take responsibility to your
action voluntarily or other people will hold
you responsible. For example, if you made a
bad action it’s either you take responsibility
of it or other people will hold you
responsible for it.
EXAMPLE OF VOLUNTARINESS
AND RESPONSIBILITY
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. Because once we made a decision there is no turning back,
there is no rewind, so we should always reflect first on the possible
outcomes of the choices that we are going to make. Self-reflection is
very important in exercising freedom.
 THERE ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS TO
CONSIDER IN THE EXERCISE OF
FREEDOM. THESE ARE PRUDENCE AND
SELF-REFLECTION.

◦Self-reflection allows us to be more

rational in making choices, because
sometimes human beings tend to be
slaves by their emotions and moods
whenever they act certain things. As free
beings, exercising our freedom
responsibly is very important. Thus, it
requires us to reflect on the actions that
we are going to make by considering its
possible effects and the benefits it has to
the people affected by it.
EXERCISING FREEDOM IN A RESPONSIBLE
AND BENEFICIAL MANNER
 Picture Analysis. Analyze the picture below and answer the
questions asked

1. What do you think is the message the picture below is trying to convey?
2. How do you think does the picture relates to the previous lesson?
 FREEDOM
SHOULD BE
EXERCISED
WITH
CONTROL AND
REASOBABLE
LIMITS.
 FREEDOM
SHOULD BE
EXERCISED
WITH REGARD
FOR
KNOWLEDGE
AND TRUTH.
 FREEDOM
SHOULD BE
EXERCISED TO
UPHOLD THE
FREEDOM OF
OTHERS.
REFLECT IN YOURSELF THE GIVEN ACTIONS BELOW AND
GIVE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES ON THE GIVEN ACTIONS.

ACTION CONSEQUENCES

◦ A student studying his/her lessons.

REFLECT IN YOURSELF THE GIVEN ACTIONS BELOW AND
GIVE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES ON THE GIVEN ACTIONS.

ACTION CONSEQUENCES

◦ A driver observing traffic lights.

REFLECT IN YOURSELF THE GIVEN ACTIONS BELOW AND
GIVE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES ON THE GIVEN ACTIONS.

ACTION CONSEQUENCES

◦ An athletes practicing in a gym.

REFLECT IN YOURSELF THE GIVEN ACTIONS BELOW AND
GIVE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES ON THE GIVEN ACTIONS.

ACTION CONSEQUENCES

◦ A person taking illegal drugs.

REFLECT IN YOURSELF THE GIVEN ACTIONS BELOW AND
GIVE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES ON THE GIVEN ACTIONS.

ACTION CONSEQUENCES
◦ A student practicing conservation of natural resources.
 WHAT HAVE I LEARNED
 Freedom is an intrinsic and essential property of a human person.
 Human person by nature seeks freedom and our freedom makes us distinct from other beings.
 Freedom gives us the power/ability to be what we want and to decide and create ourselves.
 There are three kinds of freedom. Physical freedom refers to the absence of physical restraint. Psychological freedom
is the freedom of choice. Moral freedom refers to the responsible use of freedom which upholds human dignity and
goodness.
 The two important elements of human freedom are voluntariness and responsibility. Voluntariness refers to the ability
of the person to act out of his or her own free will. Responsibility refers to the person being accountable for his or her
action and their consequences.
 As a person possessing self-determination, individual actions as it is freely chosen by an individual then defines who
and what kind of individual we are.
 Having freedom and exercising it bears responsibilities. All our actions have consequences that come with it.
Therefore, it is important to act with prudence and reflect on possible courses of actions in making decision.
 Freedom should be exercised in a responsible and beneficial manner. One must control and recognize limits of his or
her freedom for it is our responsibility as persons to uphold not only our individual freedoms, but also
the freedom of others.
 ASSESSMENT:
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
2. A type of freedom from physical restraint.
a. Moral freedom b. Physical freedom 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
4. It is the ability to act out one’s free will and self-determination.
a. Volunteerism b. Responsibility c. Psychological freedom d. Voluntariness
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
ASSESSMENT: Put a check beside each number of the statement which shows
responsible use of freedom.
 Analyzing situations. Read the following situations below. How
are you going to apply prudence in making a choice to exercise

ASSESSMENT: your freedom more responsibly? Encircle the letter that

corresponds your answer.

1. Your family is experiencing financial difficulty. You are being enrolled in a private school with a high tuition fee but
your parents do not want you to transfer to a public school despite your situation. As their daughter/son what
are you going to do?
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.
 Analyzing situations. Read the following situations below. How are you
ASSESSMENT: going to apply prudence in making a choice to exercise your freedom
more responsibly? Encircle the letter that corresponds your answer.

3. Your best friend humiliated you, making you a laughingstock 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. C. You will go to the party, but you will go home early to study.
B. You will not go to the party, and you will study for your exam. 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?
a. You will not report because your safety is at stake. c. You will not report because you do not care about your classmate.
b. You will report to prevent the bullies from doing it again. d. You will report the incident in exchange for money.
REFLECTION #5
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.
Reflect on a problem you are currently facing and outlined
what possible choices you can make and the possible
consequences of your actions.