Lesson 7: What is Freedom

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According to Robert A. Heinlein, what does true freedom involve?

  • Attention, awareness, and discipline (correct)
  • Ignoring moral values
  • Unlimited license to do anything
  • Sacrificing for others

What does David Foster Wallace believe is the important kind of freedom?

  • Confuses freedom with license
  • Ignores ethical values
  • Involves attention, awareness, and discipline (correct)
  • Allows people to organize their lives without moral values

According to Pope John Paul II, what is a caricature of freedom?

  • Ensuring protection and advancement of ethical values
  • Proclaiming general amorality
  • Confusing freedom with license (correct)
  • Living without moral values

In Nelson Mandela's view, what does true freedom entail?

<p>Living in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Robert Frost, where does freedom lie?

<p>In being bold (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does society need to ensure the protection and advancement of ethical values, as per one of the quotes?

<p>It is destructive of freedom and peace not to do so (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which of the following is considered a natural right?

<p>The right to own property (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the theological context, freedom is defined as:

<p>Freedom from sin and living a righteous life (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of liberty/freedom involves taking control of one's own life and fulfilling one's potential?

<p>Positive liberty/freedom (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Enlightenment thinkers, early man existed in a natural state with:

<p>Absolute freedom (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of societies requiring people to surrender some of their freedoms?

<p>To ensure survival of the society (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of rights are based on society’s customs and laws enacted by legislation?

<p>Legal rights (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What capacity of a person refers to the capacity to act and exert control over behavior?

<p>Human agency (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does political freedom primarily consist of?

<p>Positive and negative liberties (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to John Locke, what is considered within the bounds of 'law of nature'?

<p>Complete freedom without limitations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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