Philosophy of Freedom and Dialogue Concepts

Introduction to Philosophy of the Human Person

• Absolute Freedom: No hindrance prevents one from acting as desired.
• Positive Freedom: Requires active effort to achieve one's goals.
• Negative Freedom: Absence of external interference, allows personal pursuits.
• Choice: Exercising freedom to pursue personal happiness.
• Consequence: Acknowledging outcomes of choices.
• Freedom as a Gift: A concept given by God that adults are responsible for their actions.
• Prudent Choice: Considering all outcomes of a choice.
• Imprudent Choice: Acting rashly or impulsively without considering consequences.
• Importance of Consequences: Understanding consequences helps gain wisdom and further exercise freedom.

Intersubjectivity

• Intersubjectivity: Mutual respect and equal treatment of other individuals as someone created by God.
• Co-presence: Opening oneself to another person's presence, creating a relationship.
• Example of Intersubjectivity: The Parable of the Good Samaritan demonstrates compassion and compassion to help others.
• Subject: Treating other people with respect and recognizing their importance.
• Object: Treating others as less important.
• I-Thou Relationship: (Subject-to-Subject) A direct relationship where one treats others equally as subjects.
• Intersubjectivity Through Love: Practicing intersubjectivity by demonstrating love for others through genuine actions and efforts.
• Genuine Dialogue: Willingness to share with others.
• Genuine Listening: Listening with your heart.

Empathy, Society and Social Interaction

• Empathy: Feeling concern or compassion for others
• Example of Empathy: Observing joy in a friend's success.
• Society: People living together, sharing a culture, traditions, and laws.
• Personal Interactions: Relationships amongst people with respect and love.
• Transactional Interactions: Interactions with mutual gain and respect.
• Two Elements for Society: A society develops through material reproduction (structure of rules and laws) and symbolic reproduction (transmission of culture and solidarity)
• Life World: Helps members of society to cooperate, realize the transmission and establish culture and cooperation.
• Social Interactions: Crucial for learning and developing relationships.
• Forms of Society: Examples include hunting and gathering societies.

Industrial and Post-Industrial and Death

• Industrial Society: Gave people opportunity to interact outside their families for a living.
• Post-Industrial Society: Characterized by education development and technological advancements (information and communication technology).
• Social Institutions: Fundamental to society, indestructible and relevant.
• Social Classes: Unequal opportunities are not acceptable in society.
• Social Values: Guide and shape how humans live in society.
• Death (Democritus): Soul and flesh dissolves into air.
• Catholic Teachings: Living life to the fullest through good deeds for eternal life.
• Hinduism (Reincarnation): Death leads to rebirth.
• Inauthentic Existence: Running away from the reality of death.

Happiness, Noble Good, and Prayer

• Authentic Existence (Heidegger): Living fully by fulfilling God's mission.
• Happiness: Doing good deeds for oneself and others, in alignment with God's will.
• Noble Good: Things that are pursued for their value (i.e. priceless or intangible).
• Example of Noble Good: Cooking a meal for family, making friends who stay for years.
• Prayer and Good Deeds: A way to connect with God.