LESSON 3: Human Freedom

Question 1

There is _____ because there is the feeling of freedom

Answer 1

freedom

Question 2

How can we exercise freedom?

Answer 2

Reflective analysis
Self-possession
Freedom of choice

Question 3

The object of the will is _____

Answer 3

good

Question 4

Only _____ can stop the freedom of the will

Answer 4

unconditional good

Question 5

_____ due to ignorance nullifies freedom of choice

Answer 5

Absolute freedom

Question 6

Doing something because you really like it

Answer 6

Self-possession

Question 7

“It’s your life, your decision”

Answer 7

Self-possession

Question 8

First step towards rebellion

Answer 8

Questioning

Question 9

Who introduced total determinism?

Answer 9

BF Skinner

Question 10

According to total determinism, _____ can mold behavior

Answer 10

reinforcement

Question 11

What is the principle of total determinism?

Answer 11

“there is no freedom, only behavior”

Question 12

True or false. Historicity cannot be changed since it is what happened before

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What are the components of historicity?

Answer 13

Genetic, biological, and physical structures

Environmental structures

External forces demanding the creation of needs and values

Question 14

Something is wrong with society which causes bad behavior

Answer 14

Social determinism

Question 15

Example: the abuse excuse, media violence, rock lyrics, and different cultural mores

Answer 15

Social determinism

Question 16

The “all-knowing” characteristics of God contradict the idea of human free will

Answer 16

Theological determinism

Question 17

If God knows everything, every choice, and every consequence of that choice was already known

Answer 17

Theological determinism

Question 18

This pertains to the belief that actions are predetermined based on one’s most urgent need

Answer 18

Psychological determinism

Question 19

Example: stealing due to poverty or extreme hunger

Answer 19

Psychological determinism

Question 20

How do we limit historicity?

Answer 20

• Create distance from the stimulus
• I can question my own environmental structures. I can revolt. Questioning is the first step to rebellion
• I can achieve distance from the external demands and forces. I can hesitate, reflect, and challenge

Question 21

Being able to do what you want

Answer 21

Surface freedom

Question 22

• Being free to act, and choose, as you will

Answer 22

Surface freedom

Question 23

Who introduced absolute freedom?

Answer 23

Jean-Paul Sartre

Question 24

According to Jean-Paul Sarte, man is __

Answer 24

Structureless, for-itself, and transparent

Question 25

According to Jean-Paul Sarte, freedom is ____

Answer 25

punishment

Question 26

“Everything that we do is a projection of itself”

Answer 26

For-itself

Question 27

We are born without a purpose; therefore, it is our duty to look for one

Answer 27

Transparent

Question 28

“Man does not exist first in order to be free subsequently; there is no difference between the being of man and his being free”

Answer 28

Absolute freedom

Question 29

Existence is _____; freedom is the struggle against what is given

Answer 29

resistance

Question 30

“The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedom is the ability to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance.” – Victor Franki

Answer 30

Structured freedom

Question 31

_____ are offerings of the world; I may or may not take them

Answer 31

Structures