Human Freedom

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a social or political concept which has a great significance in how people participate in society.

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freedom or liberty

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freedom of an individual from oppression, compulsion, or coercion from other persons, an authoritative figure or from society itself.

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freedom on political and social context

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2 types of liberties in political freedom

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• positive liberty
• negative liberty

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a person taking control of his or her own life and fulfilling one’s potential (type of liberty)

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positive liberty

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freedom from external restraint, barriers, and other interferences from other people (type of liberty)

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negative liberty

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political ideologies influenced by human liberty

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• liberalism
• libertarianism
• socialism

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preservation of individual rights and stresses the role of government in protecting these civil liberties (political ideologies)

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liberalism

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believes that the individual not the government is the best judge in upholding and exercising rights (political ideologies)

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libertarianism

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the freedom to acquire economic resources and the ability to work and act according to one’s desires. (political ideology)

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socialism

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2 types of rights

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• natural rights
• legal rights

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refer to rights which are innate in the person such as right to life (types of rights)

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natural rights

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based on society’s custom is and laws that are enacted by legislation and enforced by a government (types of rights)

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legal rights

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freedom from sin and living a life of righteousness.

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theological view on freedom

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the capacity of a person to act and exert control over his or her behavior

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human agency

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2 ways to express human freedom

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• free will
• free action

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the capacity to choose from alternative courses of action or decision (ways to express freedom)

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free will

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to perform an action without any obstacles or hindrance. (ways to express human freedom)

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free action

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-are voluntary actions
- the individual has motive and full knowledge of the action
- human actions are also involved in the question of morality

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human acts

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involuntary actions
- these actions that occur naturally in the human being such as the functioning of the senses and actions that occur without the knowledge of the agent

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acts of man

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involuntary actions
- actions that occur naturally in the human being such as the functioning of the senses and actions that occur without the knowledge of the agent

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acts of man

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Ways that people can exercise free will and free action

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• Faculties Model
• Hierarchal Model
• Reason-response View

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-refers to free will as the use of our mental faculties
- assumes that we have free will due to our intellect because each human action is based on rationality and sound judgement ( ways to exercise free will and free action)

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faculties model

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A student deciding to actively participate in class to improve his or her grades indicates that he or she uses judgment to implement an action, thus exercising free will.

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faculties model

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free will is based on human wants and desires.
exercises free will when he/she identifies one desire as acceptable and decides to act on it.

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hierarchal model

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A newly-graduated high school student who decides to pursue either Engineering or Medicine in college is exercising free will.

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hierarchal model

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man has free will because he or she is able to entertain reasons not to enact a certain decision and act upon them when the need arises.

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reason-responsive view

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A person decides to cross the street but sees a car rapidly approaching. He or she exercises free will by choosing not to cross the street and allow the speeding car to pass.

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Reason-response view

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Constraints on free actions

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-Include external obstacles (prohibition, laws, and other social controls imposed by society)
- Physically prevented from performing an action by disability or sickness, or by coercion exerted by another person

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Constraints on free actions (2 types)

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external factors
internal factors

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may restrict free action includes weather, accidents, or poverty (constraints on free action)

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external factors

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free will include certain methods that cloud a person’s judgements such as manipulation and brainwashing (constraints on free action)

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internal factors

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believes that every event in the world is brought about by underlying causes or factors

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determinism

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believes society imposes certain controls on people, and that man is essentially constrained by social institution

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marxist philosophy

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refers to a person’s status of deserving praise and reward or blame and punishment for an action

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moral responsibility

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establishes that all good moral actions will result in rewards such as blessings and salvation

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christian doctrine

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result or an effect of our actions

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consequences

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an act of making good judgment that allows a person to avoid risks

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prudence

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no one is taking advantage

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Oppression

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No one is controlling

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Compulsion

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No one is forcing

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Coercion