Lesson 2 - Freedom Of The Human Person PDF

FREEDOM OF THE HUMAN PERSON OBJECTIVE: At the end of the lesson you will be able to; Discern the essence of a true feedom  WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF FREEDOM? The ability to make choices and perform those choices. The ability to be what we want and to decide and create oneself. ...

FREEDOM OF THE HUMAN PERSON OBJECTIVE: At the end of the lesson you will be able to; Discern the essence of a true feedom  WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF FREEDOM? The ability to make choices and perform those choices. The ability to be what we want and to decide and create oneself.  Two concepts that will help us fully understand freedom: 1. Freedom itself ✔ Freedom is generally defined as having the ability to act or change without constraint. Wikipedia ✔Someone or something is “free” if he/she can do change anything effortlessly and responsibly. ✔A person or an animal has the freedom to do things that will not, in theory, or practice, be prevented by other forces. ✔But freedom has its particular limitations beyond himself because he is bound by consequences of his actions either to promote goodness or destruction to himself or other persons.  Two concepts that will help us fully understand freedom: 2. Free will ✔ Free will is the ability to choose different courses of action without restrictions. If we exercise our free will, we get to decide on things that will lead to results, either good or bad, beneficial or not. The actions that we do depend on the values we uphold and the acceptance and expectations of the community we live in, including family members and friends that we care about. ✔To be precise, free will is our ability to choose things according to our moral reasoning, which can also be related to our previous lesson on self-determination or the ability to select on what is right and wrong, that a person’s action determines what kind of person he or she becomes KINDS OF FREEDOM 2. Psychological Freedom ▪ Also called as “freedom of choice” ▪ The person is free to perform actions that he/ she considers right and wise. A person is also free to act or not to act. ▪ Psychological freedom is INNATE and CANNOT BE DENIED AS A PERSON. Example: 1. Freedom to choose your friends 2. Freedom to choose your partner 3. Freedom to choose your course in college 4. Freedom to be what you want to be  POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FREEDOM NEGATIVE FREEDOM ❖ Refers to the “absence of coercion or interference”. ❖ The Freedom whatever you want. ❖ Its considered negative because you failed to use freedom in a responsible manner. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FREEDOM  GROUP ACTIVITY: POSTER MAKING Direction: Create a poster on how you can value FREEDOM and promote the common good.