Freedom of the human person Flashcards
is generally defined as having
the ability to act or change without
constraint” Someone or something is
“free” if he/it can do or change anything
effortlessly and responsibly.
freedom
is the ability to choose different
courses of action without restrictions. If
we exercise our free will, we get to decide
on things that will lead to results, either
good or bad, beneficial or not.
free will
a branch of philosophy that deals with the systematic
questioning and critical examination of the underlying
principles of morality. ??? came from the root word
ethos which refers to the character of a culture.
ethics
pertains to certain norms
or standards for
goodness and badness,
rightness or wrongness
of an act.
normative ethics
examines the
presuppositions, meaning
and justifications of
ethical concepts, and
principles
meta-ethics
Morality came from the root word
mores
“MAN IS
CONDEMNED TO
BE FREE”
-JEAN PAUL SARTRE
“ONLY HUMANS ARE
MORAL SINCE WE
ARE CAPABLE TO
REFLECT USING OUR
RATIONALITY”
-JOHN MOTHERSHEAD
““WHAT ONE OUGHT
TO DO?”
“WHAT ONE WOULD
BE INCLINED TO DO?”
-VICTOR GRASSIAN
WE ARE FREE IN THE
SENSE THAT WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO DO
OTHERWISE
“FROM DUTY”
-IMMANUEL KANT
“ACTIONS ARE RIGHT
IN PROPORTION AS
THEY TEND TO
PROMOTE
HAPPINESS”
-JOHN STUART MILL
- animals are not capable of the wide range of deliberation, reflection,
concept construction and rational and critical thinking that humans are able to do. In other
words, this is morality that occurred prior to deliberation and reflection.
Pre-reflective morality
