Freedom Flashcards
social and political concept that has great significance to how people participate in society
Freedom or Liberty
Two types of liberties
Positive Liberty
Negative Liberty
-ability of a person to take control of his or her own life
-fulfill potential
Positive Liberty
external restraint, barriers, and other inferences from other people
Negative Liberty
innate in the person, such as the right to life
Natural Rights
based on society’s customs and laws that are enacted by legislation and enforced by a government
Legal Rights
capacity of a person to act and exert control over his or her behavior
Human Agency
capacity to choose from alternative courses of action or decision
Free will
freedom to perform an action without any obstacles or hindrances
Free action
voluntary actions
Human acts
involuntary actions
Acts of man
-to free will as the use of our mental faculties
-assumed that we have free will due to our intellect because each human action is based on rationality and sound judgement
Faculties model
-free will is based on human wants and desires
-an individual is faced with various wants and desires that need to be met
Hierarchical model
believes that a person has free will because he or she is able to entertain reasons not to enact a certain decision and act upon them when the need arises
Reasons-responsive view
