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This refers to the state of being free, liberated, or unconstrained.

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Freedom

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The precise definition and understanding of __________ can vary depending on the philosophical, cultural, or political perspective.

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Freedom

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The precise definition and understanding of __________ can vary depending on the philosophical, cultural, or political perspective.

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Freedom

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KINDS OF POLITICAL FREEDOM
This includes freedoms such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion.

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Civil Liberties

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KINDS OF POLITICAL FREEDOM
These are often considered fundamental rights in democratic societies

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Civil Liberties

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KINDS OF POLITICAL FREEDOM
The ability of individuals to participate in the political process, including the right to vote and engage in political activities

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Political Participation

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KINDS OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM
The freedom of individuals to engage in economic activities with minimal government interference. This concept is often associated with capitalism and free-market economies.

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Free Market

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KINDS OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM
The right to own, use, and dispose of property is considered a crucial aspect of economic freedom.

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Property Rights

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KINDS OF PERSONAL FREEDOM
The ability of individuals to make their own choices and decisions without undue influence or coercion from external sources

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Autonomy

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KINDS OF PERSONAL FREEDOM
The right to keep one’s personal information and affairs private, free from unwarranted intrusion

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Privacy

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KINDS OF SOCIAL FREEDOM
The idea that individuals should have equal opportunities and rights regardless of their background, gender, race, or other characteristics

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Social Equality

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KINDS OF SOCIAL FREEDOM
The ability of individuals or groups to express, preserve, and practice their cultural beliefs and traditions

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Cultural Freedom

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KINDS OF EXISTENTIAL FREEDOM
The philosophical concept that individuals have the capacity to make choices and decisions independent of deterministic forces.

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Freedom of Will

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KINDS OF EXISTENTIAL FREEDOM
In existentialist philosophy, the idea of freedom is often linked to the individual’s ability to create their own meaning and purpose in life.

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Freedom from Existential Angst

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KINDS OF LEGAL FREEDOM
The idea that individuals are free when living under a legal system that is fair, just, and transparent.

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Rule of Law

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KINDS OF GLOBAL FREEDOM
The concept that individuals around the world have certain fundamental rights and freedoms, regardless of their nationality or location

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International Human Rights

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This refers to any action that is consciously chosen by an individual using their rational faculties

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Human Act

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It involves a deliberate decision and is typically associated with moral responsibility.

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Human Act

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These are considered intentional actions that result from exercise of free will.

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Human Acts

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Any behaviour or action associated with a human being.

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Acts of Man

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This term may include both intentional actions and unintentional behaviours or reactions. This includes involuntary actions, reflexes, or instinctual behaviours, in addition to intentional and morally significant actions.

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Acts of Man

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These are often evaluated in terms of morality, as they involve choices that can be deemed right or wrong.

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Human Act

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This is a choice that is deliberately selected based on a moral standpoint

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Intellectual Choice

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This is a choice that is borne out of psychological and emotional considerations

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Practical Choice

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These are choices that are made when confronted with an actual situation and are usually affected by the psychological aspect of the person embroiled in the moral situation or dilemma

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Practical Choice

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These are basically the normative answers about what we ought to do from a moral system that we uphold and its moral principles. These normative answers would take into consideration the behaviour which society will accept.

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Intellectual Choice

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It is to be understood wholly in terms of intellect

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It is the power to make your own choices of decision; as said, the will of humanity is an instrument of free choice.

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Power of Volition by Aristotle

29
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This is an instrument of free choice

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Will of Humanity

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For Aristotle, a human being is _______________.

31
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________________ is a divine characteristic

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Human beings have the spark of the __________.

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_________ can LEGISLATE but only through _______ can its legislation be turned into action.

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REASON, WILL

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For ___________, the human person is the desire to be God. The human person builds the road to the destiny of his/her choosing; he/she is the creator.

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It is important regardless of the power of others to influence and coerce our desires, beliefs and decisions

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Free Individual Choice

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EXISTENCE PRECEDES ESSENCE
1. The person first exists, encounters himself and surges up in the world then defines himself afterwards. The person is everything else but what he makes himself. (TRUE or FALSE)

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FALSE.

The person is nothing else but what he makes himself

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EXISTENCE PRECEDES ESSENCE
2. The person is provided with a supreme opportunity to give meaning to one’s life (TRUE or FALSE)

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EXISTENCE PRECEDES ESSENCE
3. Will is the very core and the door to authentic existence. Authentic Existence is realized only in deeds that are committed alone, in absolute will and responsibility and the character of true creation. (TRUE or FALSE)

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FALSE.

  1. FREEDOM is the very core and the door to authentic existence. Authentic Existence is realized only in deeds that are committed alone, in absolute FREEDOM and responsibility and the character of true creation. (TRUE or FALSE)
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EXISTENCE PRECEDES ESSENCE
5. On the other hand, the human person who tries to escape obligations and strive to be en-soi is acting on good faith.

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FALSE.

…acting on BAD faith

40
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The proponent of “Theory of Social Contract”. He developed his idea in favour of Absolute Monarchy.

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Thomas Hobbes

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It is a precept or general rule established by reason, by which a person is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life or takes away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that by which he thinks it may be best preserved.

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Law of Nature

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This refers to the mutual transferring of rights and is the basis of the notion of moral obligation and duty.

43
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The rational pursuit of this leads to form commonwealth or state

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Self - Preservation

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Resultant of the interplay of forces

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One of the determining forces.

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Human Reason

46
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The LAWS OF NATURE can be said to represent __________ & ______________ that render this deduction possible.

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AXIOMS, POSTULATES

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The 3rd law of nature

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“Fountain of Justice”

48
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A philosophical fiction, a metaphor and a certain way of looking at a society of voluntary collection of agreeable individuals.

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Social Contract

49
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He considered human beings as MORAL AGENTS.

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St. Thomas Aquinas

50
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It separates us from animals; it delineates the moral dimension of our fulfillment in an action.

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Spirituality

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These, which are always particular acts, are in our power and we are responsible for them.

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Moral Acts

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_____________ or __________ is no excuse for immoral conduct

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Character, Habit

53
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Through our spirituality, we have our ___________.

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Conscience

54
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This cannot be done by human beings alone but this is achieved through cooperation with God.

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Power of Change

55
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It means that it is a union of humanity with God. Change should not be a purely private advantage but the GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY.

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Perfection by Participation

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FOURFOLD CLASSIFICATION OF LAW
Decree that God governs all creations.

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Eternal Law

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FOURFOLD CLASSIFICATION OF LAW
Human participation in the eternal law is discovered by reason

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Natural Law

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FOURFOLD CLASSIFICATION OF LAW
Concerned with and determined simply by humanity’s nature.

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FOURFOLD CLASSIFICATION OF LAW
A law ordering a person to ordain to an end, transcending his nature; divided into two: Mosaic Law and Christian

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Divine Law

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For Aquinas, aside from having a virtuous life to be happy, He points to a higher form of happiness beyond this life that can be found in _____ alone.

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He proposed LOVE rather than LAW. Love only calls and invites.

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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He proposed LOVE rather than LAW. Love only calls and invites.

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St. Thomas Aquinas

63
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He emphasized the freedom of humanity but CHOOSES LOVE in governing humanity’s life.

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St.Thomas Aquinas

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St. Thomas Aquinas establishes the __________ __ _____ as the first cause. Of all God’s creations, human beings have the unique power to change themselves and the things around them for the better.

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existence of God

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As humans are both material and spiritual. We have a conscience because of our spirituality. God is love and love is our __________.

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