Q2: Lesson 1 (Freedom)

Question 1

• The ability to make choices and perform those choices.
• The ability to be what we want and to decide and create oneself.
• is a social and political concept which has great significance in how people participate in society.
• in a political and social context means the (____) of an individual from oppression, compulsion, or coercion from other persons, an authoritative figure, or form society itself.
• in Theological view, (________) from sin and living a life of righteousness. Christians define (____) in the context of living in accordance with will of God.

Answer 1

FREEDOM

Question 2

refers to a person taking control of his or her own life and fulfilling one’s potential.

Answer 2

Positive Liberty

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Negative Liberty

Question 4

• believes that the individual, not the government, is the best judge in upholding and exercising rights.
• considers the individual as the best judge in upholding and exercising rights.

Answer 4

LIBERTARIANISM

Question 5

• upholds the preservation of individual rights and stresses the role of the government in protecting these civil liberties.
• upholds the preservation of individual rights that must be upheld by the government.

Answer 5

LIBERALISM

Question 6

• considers freedom as the freedom to acquire economic resources and the ability to work and act according to one’s desires.
• sees freedom as the freedom to acquire economic resources and the ability to work according to ones desires.

Answer 6

SOCIALISM

Question 7

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

Answer 7

NATURAL RIGHTS

Question 8

are rights that are based on society’s customs and laws that are enacted by legislation and enforced by a government.

Answer 8

LEGAL RIGHTS

Question 9

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

Answer 9

HUMAN AGENCY

Question 10

The capacity to choose from alternative courses of action or decision.

Answer 10

FREE WILL

Question 11

the freedom to perform an action without any obstacles or hindrances.

Answer 11

FREE ACTION

Question 12

voluntary actions

Answer 12

HUMAN ACTS

Question 13

involuntary actions

Answer 13

ACTS OF MAN

Question 14

• refers to free will as the use of our mental faculties.
• It assumes that we have free will due to our intellect because each human action is based on rationality and sound judgment.

Answer 14

FACULTIES MODEL

Question 15

free will is based on human wants and desires. An individual is faced with various wants and desires that need to be met.

Answer 15

HIERARCHICAL MODEL

Question 16

believes that 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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Reasons-Responsive View

Question 17

What are the 3 EXTERNAL CONSTRAINTS?

P L S

Answer 17

• Prohibitions
• Laws
• Social controls

Question 18

What are the 2 INTERNAL CONSTRAINTS?

M B

Answer 18

• Manipulation
• Brainwashing

Question 19

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

Answer 19

DETERMINISM

Question 20

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

Answer 20

MORAL RESPONSIBILITY