Lesson 1: Human Freedom

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is a social and political concept which has great significance in how people participate in society

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Freedom or liberty

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is basically the ability to MAKE CHOICES and PERFORM ACTIONS

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freedom

Question 3

outline and define the freedom that people will be enjoying and freedoms they must surrender as a member of society

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social contract

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an individual is free from oppression, compulsion, or coercion from other people

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freedom

on political and social context

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Two types of liberties in political freedom:

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1. positive liberty
2. negative liberty

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a person taking control of his/her own life and fulfilling one’s potential

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positive liberty

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freedom from external restraint, barriers, and other interferences from other people

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negative liberty

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political ideologies influenced by human liberty:

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1. liberalism
2. libertarianism
3. socialism

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preservation of individual rights and stresses the role of the government in protecting these civil liberties

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liberalism

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believes that the individual, is the best judge in upholding and exercising rights

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libertarianism

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freedom to acquire economic resources and the ability to work and act according to one’s desires

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socialism

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two types of rights:

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1. natural rights
2. legal rights

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refers to rights which are innate in the person such as the right to life

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natural rights

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based on the society’s custom is and laws that enacted by legislation and enforced by a government

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legal rights

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what is the theological view on freedom?

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freedom from sin and living a life of righteousness

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

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human agency

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human freedom is expressed in two ways:

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• free will
• free action

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the capacity to choose from alternative courses of action or decision

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free will

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are voluntary actions, where an individual has motive and full knwoledge of the action

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human acts

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are involuntary actions. These actions that occur naturally in the human being such as the functioning of the senses and actions that occur w/o knowledge of the agent

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acts of man

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freedom to perform an action without any obstacle or hindrances

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free action

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various 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

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faculties model

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

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reason-responsive view

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constraints on free action:

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external and internal factors

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may restrict free action, may include the weather, accidents, or poverty

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external factors

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free will include certain methods that cloud a person's judgement such as manipulation and brainwashing

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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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the things we say or do, to a certain extent, are influenced by:

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* socioeconomic situation * culture * people we have been interacting with

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

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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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are result or an effect of our actions

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consequences

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

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prudence