UNIT 5: FREEDOM, CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES Flashcards
by Jean-Paul Sartre
DepEd provided mental health seminars to public school teachers during the lockdown to help them deal with mental health issues.
psychological
Man manifests freedom through his or her ability to decide
choosing
Freedom to
positive
The implications of choices determine how freedom is exercised
consequences
When making decisions, some things are sacrificed while others are gained
trade off
Freedom is truly asserted if the human person is conscious of his or her choices
awareness
The human being is liable for his or her actions and the consequences of those actions.
responsibility
Freedom from
negative
It is my choice to study at Manila Science High School
positive
Conditions of Human Freedom (4)
- Being-there
- Being-conscious-of-itself
- Being-thrown-into-the-world
- Being-with-another-for-itself
Man must first exist.
being-there
For a person to be free, man must exist
presence
anything that exists visible and invisible in the physical world & psychological domain
entity
recognizable feature of an entity
facticity
- man must be born first
- freedom is innate/intrinsic
upsurge
Man must be aware that he has freedom.
being-conscious-of-itself
objective physical nature / physical environment
world
interpersonal realm of cultural relations
world
If man is not being-conscious-of-itself, he becomes a __________
being in-itself
“Man must make choices”
being-thrown-into-the-world
Choosing is __________
absolute
“Man must consider that others also have freedom”
being-with-another-for-itself
the limitation of a person’s freedom
The Other
absence of interference and/or coercion
negative freedom
- being one’s own master
- acting rationally
and responsibly
positive freedom
The Kinds of Freedom (3)
- Physical
- Psychological
- Moral
absence of any physical
restraint
physical freedom
right to self-development
psychological freedom
upholding dignity and
goodness
moral freedom
