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FREEDOM Flashcards

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The capacity to act (or to not act) as we choose or prefer without any externam compulsion or restraint

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Freedom

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2
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Important indication of human freedom is the ability to _ and _

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Make choices and perform actions

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It sets us apart from other beings

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Freedom

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The ability or power to use or discharge one’s will

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Volition

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If there were no intellect, there would be no will

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The power of volition

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Proponent of The Power of Volition

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Aristotle

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The power of every human being is in his own hands, to preserve and develop, or cast away

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The power of volition

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For Aristotle, a human being is _

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Rational

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9
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A divine characteristic

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Reason

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10
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proponent of Freedom is Spirituality and Love

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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Freedom for St. Thomas is the manner intellectual being seek _

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Universal Goodness

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St. Thomas considers the human being as a _

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Moral agent

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13
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Proponent of Individual Freedom

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Jean Paul Sartre

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According to him, the human person build the road to the destiny of his/her choosing: he/she is the creator

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Sartre

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Sartre’s existentialism stems from this principle

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EXISTENCE coes before ESSENCES

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16
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Sartre emphasizes the importance of _, regardless of the power of other people to influence and coerce our desires, beliefs, and decisions

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Free Individual Choice

17
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Freedom is something that is exercised through our choices

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Individual Freedom

18
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Proponents of Theory of Social Contract

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Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Locke

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The agreement where individuals sacrifice their freedom and submit to a higher being

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Theory of Social Contract

20
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Hobbes, Rousseau, and Locke defined freedom of an individual in the context of having a _ to rule them (contract), which is the basis of notion of moral obligation and duty

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goverment

21
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Type of freedom that refers to the absence of any physical restraint. The person has the freedom of mobility to go where he/she wants to go

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Physical Freedom

22
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Type of freedom that is also called the freedom of choice. The person is free to perform actions that he/she considers right and wise. A person is also free to act or not to act

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Psychological Freedom

23
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This type of freedom is innate and cannot be denied as a person

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Psychological Freedom

24
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Type of freedom that is about using freedom in a manner that upholds human dignity and goodness

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Moral Freedom

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PHILO 2 (3 decks)

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