1. Can you consider your self free?

2. Are you a slave of something? Explain.

3. How can Filipino values such as “utang na loob”
promote or hinder freedom of choice?
4. Do you agree that an individual should be
disciplined from within rather than fear from
authority figure? Why or why not?
PHYSICAL

FREEDOM MORAL
FREEDOM
FREEDOM OF THE
HUMAN PERSON
1. Are you a slave of something? Explain.
2. How can religion, laws, culture/tradition and
policy promote or hinder freedom of choice?
3. Do you agree that an individual should be
disciplined from within rather than fear from
authority figure? Why or why not?
 WHICH TYPE OF LAW I AM?
A B
1.Revealed by God, through messiah or prophet. A.Eternal Law
B.Divine Law
2. The moral law built in to human nature, also a C.Natural Law
reflection of the eternal law of God D.Human Law
3. Things like the law and school rules
4. Can be seen by everyone as doesn’t depend on
revelation but on reason
5. No one can know this. It is beyond our human
understanding.
 “EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE IS A
REFLECTION OF YOUR CHOICE YOU
HAVE MADE, IF YOU WANT A DIFFERENT
RESULT, MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE”
FREEDOM ACCORDING
TO PHILOSOPHERS
FOURFOLD CLASSIFICATION OF LAW
 Eternal Law

• Is the decree of God that governs all creation.

• The laws which govern the universe and control
the life cycle of everything in existence.
• The plan of divine wisdom as directing all acts
and movements.
 Divine Law
• The law of God revealed to people through the Bible,
which Christians call the ‘Word of God’.
• The historical laws of scripture given to us God’s self-
revelation.
• Code of Hammurabi, The Qur’an, The Ten
Commandments
 Natural Law
• A theory asserting that certain rights or values are
inherent by virtue of human nature and can be universally
understood through human reason.
• Good is to be done and evil is to be avoided’ which is
some call human nature.
• It is what directs our conscience and if applied with
reason to a situation will lead to the eight outcome.
• Right to life, self-defense, pursuit of happiness.
 Human Law

• These are everybody rules that govern our lives from

the legal system at one end.
• An interpretation of natural and divine law.
• Ordinances, Policy, Bill, and Act
• There are sometimes human laws that are contrary to
the divine law and natural law.
1. The historical laws of scripture given to us by God’s
self-revelation.
2. This refers to the absence of any physical restraint.
3. No one can know this. It is beyond our human
understanding.
4. This law can be seen by everyone as it doesn’t depend
on revelation but on reason.
5. This freedom refers to using freedom in a manner that
upholds human dignity and goodness.
6. Elements of freedom that refers to the person being
accountable for his/her actions and their consequences.
7. This laws sometimes contradicts the divine law and
natural law.
8. The laws which govern the universe and control the
life cycle of everything in existence.
9. Understood as the power to be what you want to be
and the ability to decide and create yourself.
10. Elements of freedom that refers to the ability of a
person to act out of his/her own free will and self-
determination.
 FOURFOLD CLASSIFICATION OF LAW

Eternal Natural Human Divine

Law Law Law Law
• Is the • It is ethical • Considered • Old
decree of sense, as the (Mosaic)
God that applies only conclusions • New
governs all to human from (Christian)
creation. beings. natural law
Existence precedes essence

•He is considered as the

representative of
existentialism

JEAN PAUL SARTRE

 Existence precedes essence
• The person is nothing else but that
what he makes himself.
• The person is provided with a
supreme opportunity to give meaning
to one’s life. In order to do this, one
fills the world with meaning.
• Freedom is the core and the door to
JEAN PAUL SARTRE authentic existence.
 Existence precedes essence
• The person is what one has done
and is doing.
• The human person who tries to
escape obligations and strives to be
en-soi is acting on bad faith.
en-soi – excuses, such as “I was
born this way” and “I grew up in a
JEAN PAUL SARTRE bad environment”
 "PRUDENCE IS THE ABILITY TO
GOVERN AND DISCIPLINE ONESELF
BY THE USE OF REASON."

Reflect on the quote and write a short

paragraph explaining what they think it means.
TASK
Evaluate and exercise prudence in
choices (PPT11/12-IIA-5.2)
 PRUDENCE

• The ability to make wise and cautious decisions based

on reason and good judgment.
• Defined as the ability to have good judgment that
allows avoidance of
dangers and risks.
 THE KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF PRUDENCE
Considering the consequences of choices before
making any decision
Weighing the pros and cons of different options
Seeking advice and guidance from trusted sources
Being patient and not rushing into decisions
Learning from past mistakes and experiences
 HUMAN ACT ACT OF MAN

• Human acts are actions • Acts of man are actions

done with “will” and with the absence of
“knowledge.” either “will” or
“knowledge.