MAN AND FREEDOM

Question 1

TRUE or FALSE: there is freedom because there is no feeling of freedom

Answer 1

FALSE; there is a feeling of freedom

Question 2

TRUE or FALSE: the object of the will is good

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

TRUE or FALSE: only unconditional good can stop the freedom of the will

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

does absolute freedom due to ignorance nullifies freedom of choice

Answer 4

yes

Question 5

how can we exercise freedom

Answer 5

self-possession and freedom of choice

Question 5

questioning, distancing oneself, valuing

Answer 5

freedom of choice

Question 6

total determinism is by

Answer 6

B.F Skinner

Question 7

reinforcement can mold one’s behavior

Answer 7

total determinism

Question 8

YES or NO: does structures influence one’s choice in total determinism

Answer 8

YES

Question 9

what are these structures in total determinism

Answer 9

genetics, biological, physical structures; environmental structures (culture, psychological development); external forces demanding the creation of needs and values

Question 10

this freedom states that you can do what you want to but what if ‘what you will’ is not under your control

Answer 10

surface freedom

Question 11

why is freedom important

Answer 11

we need freedom so we can be responsible for our actions

Question 12

something is wrong with society which causes bad behavior

Answer 12

sociological determinism

Question 13

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

Answer 13

examples of sociological determinism

Question 14

The “all-knowing” characteristic of God contradicts the idea of human free will

Answer 14

theological determinism

Question 15

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

Answer 15

psychological determinism

Question 16

I can question my own environmental structures, I can revolt & I can achieve distance from the external demands and forces, I can hesitate, reflect, challenge

Answer 16

Limitations of Historicity

Question 17

who said that a man is structureless, for-itself, transparent and continuously projecting it-self

Answer 17

Jean-Paul Sarte

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Absolute Freedom

Question 19

Why is Sartre against determinism?

Answer 19

• Existence is resistance; Freedom is the struggle against what is given
• Man is not tied down by his past or the choices he made in his past
• There is no limitation to one’s identify, my own identity, my ow essence
  I have an ability to question, to negate, to achieve a distance from necessity - No structure, no misery, no pain

Question 20

free questioning

Answer 20

Sartre - absolute freedom

Question 21

historicity and structure

Answer 21

skinner - total determinism

Question 22

“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 freedoms is the ability to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance”

Answer 22

Victor Frankl

Question 23

are structures offerings of the world?

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

TRUE or FALSE: You may or may not take structures

Answer 24

True

Question 25

TRUE or FALSE: I can question myself, myself as a knower, myself as a lover due to my values/structures

Answer 25

TRUE

Question 26

TRUE or FALSE: Through freedom, I can create structures to share to the world: My life project

Answer 26

FALSE; through STRUCTURES

Question 27

TRUE or FALSE: Man is a freedom within a structure

Answer 27

TRUE

Question 28

TRUE or FALSE: anxiety is like being alone in a forbidden room

Answer 28

TRUE

Question 29

when we have freedom there is no escape

Answer 29

true