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
upholds the preservation of individual rights and stresses the role of the government in protecting these civil liberties
Liberalism
believes that the individual, not the government, is the best judge when it comes to upholding and exercising rights
Libertarianism
freedom as the ability to acquire economic resources and the ability to work and act according to one’s desires
Socialism
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
