Freedom
People want to exercise their freedom |
When we think about freedom deeply, we realize there are problems with its nature that we are not aware of |
The classic problem of freedom is whether there is freedom or not. |
If there is freedom, is it limited or absolute ? |
Freedom is essential in a human person. |
Aside from reason, what distinguishes human beings from animals is freedom. |
Human beings have the capacity to choose, to be free from and to be free for |
The will of humanity is an instrument of free choice. |
Determinism
rejects the idea of freedom because, according to this theory, human behavior is determined by many factors, such as history, socio-economic context, and physiological makeup, among others. |
Jean Paul Sartre - Freedom
"Man is condemned to be free" |
The concept of freedom is ontological (focuses on study of being) |
Freedom is the very being of the human person (as being-for-itself) |
"to be free" does not mean "to obtain what one has wished" but rather "by oneself to determine oneself to wish" |
a person cannot escape from freedom |
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Josiah Stamp
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. |
Jean Paul Sartre - Responsibility
When there is freedom, there is responsibility. |
The absolute responsibility of the person is freedom itself. |
"consciousness (of) being the incontestable author of an event or an object (Sartre, 1993). |
• Some people, however, disown their freedom, thereby neglecting their responsibility. |
Aristotle - Responsibility
Human being is rational (based on facts or reason and not by emotion). |
Reason can legislate (control), but only through will can its legislation be translated into action. |
The will of humanity is an instrument of free choice. It is within the power of everyone to be good or bad, worthy or worthless. |
Moral acts, which are always particular acts, are in our power and we are responsible for them. Character or habit is no excuse for immoral conduct. |
St. Thomas of Aquinas - Responsibility
Love is Freedom |
Of all creatures of God, human beings have the unique power to change themselves and the things around them for the better. |
A human beings therefore, has a supernatural transcendental destiny |
The power of change, however, cannot be done by human beings alone, but is achieved through cooperation with God. |
For love is in consonance with humanity`s free nature, for law commands and complete; love only calls and invites. |
St. Thomas emphasizes the freedom of humanity but chooses love in governing humanity`s life. |
Since God is love, then love is the guiding principle of humanity toward –self- perception and happiness his ultimate destiny. |
Jean Jacques Rousseau - Responsibility
t famous and influential philosophers of the French enlightenment in the 18th century |
In his book The Social Contract he elaborated his theory of human nature. |
Human beings must form a community or civil community to protect themselves from one another, because the nature of human beings is to wage war against one another |
And since by nature, humanity tends toward self-preservation, then it follows that they must come to a free mutual agreement to protect themselves. |
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