Freedom Of The Human Person Flashcards
The human capacity to act or not to act
Sets us apart from other beings
Freedom
Can choose the course of action to take when given a stimulus or faced with a certain situation
Trained and conditioned to perform
Human person
Animals
Power of volition
Use/discharge of ones will
Aristotle
Freedom is spirituality and love
Human being as a moral agent
Conscience
St.Thomas Aquinas
Individual freedom
Existentialism ->inquiry of human existence
The human person is the creator of their destiny
Jean Paul Satre
Social Contract
Agreement where individuals sacrifice an amount of their freedom and submit to a higher authority
Man is born free everywhere he is chains
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Three kinds of freedom
Physical Freedom
Psychological Freedom
Moral Freedom
Absence of any physical restraint
Freedom of mobility to go where he/she wants
Physical Freedom
Freedom of choice
Free to perform actions they consider right and wise
Free to act or not to avt
Psychological Freedom
Using freedom in a manner that upholds human dignity and goodness
Moral freedom
Two elements of freedom
Voluntariness
Responsibility
Ability to act out of his/her own free will and self-determination
Voluntariness
Refers to being accountable for his/her actions and consequence
Responsibility
