Freedom and Morality Flashcards
The power to be and act under freewill and choice
The absence of constriction
Freedom
The ability of a person to respond to a need problem in a given situation.
Free and voluntary; yet obligatory in himself
A responsible person has that feeling of moral obligation to do an act as a response to the demand of a situation.
Responsibility
Man’s freedom is “ ( ) “ or ( ) by the ( ) of others, things or persons.
Man’s freedom is “situated” or limited by the RIGHTS of others, things or persons.
Anything that is owed or due to a person.
It is found in every person due to his nature as a moral being.
It is the moral power residing in a person which all other individuals are bound to respect.
Rights
What are the kinds of rights
Natural right
Positive right
Divine right
Human right
Civil right
Right of property
an inherent right of a person to pressure, protect, and promote his life.
Natural right
any right of man that is provided by, or based on, enacted by the state or the church, or any legitimate social institution.
Positive right
The right of the church to teach
Divine right
the right to live; the right to promote and protect life and property. It could be natural and positive.
Human right
includes social, political, educational, and economic rights of a person as a citizen of a state.
Civil right
man’s right to own and dispose of property as he needs it to maintain and promote
Right of property
The person’s moral power to protect and promote his rights.
Done through a process of law or through any other legitimate means.
Coaction
An individual cannot exercise a right in excess of its boundary to the violation of other’s rights.
One’s rights must have limits for the sake of the rights of others.
Limitation
The inevitable clashing of two or more rights.
E.g. Right of community to a healthy environment vs Rights related to liberty to work or movement
Collision
What is the bill of rights for this?
Establishes the relationship of the individual to the state.
Defines the rights of the individual by limiting the o lawful powers of the state.
Under the Article III of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
The concept was “( )” to the filipinos before its acceptance
Alien
The concept of freedom was a “( )” by the ruler rather than the right of the ruled
Grant
It is giving to the other what is due
Justice
