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    Freedom of The Human Person

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    The document discusses the concepts of free will, choice, action, and consequences. It defines key terms like choice, action, effect, prize, and freedom. It explores the nature of freedom and examines when man is free in his actions according to Aristotle. The document emphasizes that all actions have consequences, whether positive or negative, and that experience with consequences can teach us if we reflect on our actions and behavior. Finally, it discusses how everyday choices like what to eat or wear have consequences, and bigger life choices around career or voting have larger impacts.

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    The document discusses the concepts of free will, choice, action, and consequences. It defines key terms like choice, action, effect, prize, and freedom. It explores the nature of freedom and examines when man is free in his actions according to Aristotle. The document emphasizes that all actions have consequences, whether positive or negative, and that experience with consequences can teach us if we reflect on our actions and behavior. Finally, it discusses how everyday choices like what to eat or wear have consequences, and bigger life choices around career or voting have larger impacts.

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    The document discusses the concepts of free will, choice, action, and consequences. It defines key terms like choice, action, effect, prize, and freedom. It explores the nature of freedom and examines when man is free in his actions according to Aristotle. The document emphasizes that all actions have consequences, whether positive or negative, and that experience with consequences can teach us if we reflect on our actions and behavior. Finally, it discusses how everyday choices like what to eat or wear have consequences, and bigger life choices around career or voting have larger impacts.

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    Freedom of The Human Person

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    Stephanie Castillon
    The document discusses the concepts of free will, choice, action, and consequences. It defines key terms like choice, action, effect, prize, and freedom. It explores the nature of freedom and examines when man is free in his actions according to Aristotle. The document emphasizes that all actions have consequences, whether positive or negative, and that experience with consequences can teach us if we reflect on our actions and behavior. Finally, it discusses how everyday choices like what to eat or wear have consequences, and bigger life choices around career or voting have larger impacts.

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    The key takeaways are about freedom of choice and how choices have consequences.

    Some of the terminologies discussed include choices, action, effect, prize, and freedom.

    According to Aristotle, the task of practical intellect is to guide will by enlightening it. If there would be no intellect, there would be no will. The will of humanity is an instrument of free choice.

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    CHOICES
    ACTION
    EFFECT
    PRIZE
    FREEDOM
    Terminologies:
    •Choices
    •Action
    •Effect
    •Prize
    •Freedom
    FREEDOM OF THE HUMAN
    PERSON
    FREEDOM
    The power or right to
    act, speak, choose, or
    think without
    hindrance or restraint.
    FREEDOM
    ACTIONS HAVE
    CONSEQUENCES
    FREE WILL
    FREE WILL
    • This capacity to choose is what we call “free will” and
    people throughout history have considered it the most
    unique and definitive quality of human person, the
    one that supposedly shows we have souls, or
    consciousness, and makes us morally responsible
    and free, in contrast to animals.
    • The will, in philosophy and psychology, is a term used
    to describe the faculty of mind that is alleged to
    stimulate motivation of purposeful activity.
    NATURE OF MAN
    WHEN IS MAN FREE IN HIS ACTION?
    According to Aristotle:
    • The task of practical intellect is to guide
    will by enlightening it.
    • If there would be no intellect, there
    would be no will.
    • 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.
    NATURE OF FREEDOM
    Consequences
    • A result or effect of an action or
    condition
    • Consequences can be divided into
    two major types, positive and
    negative.
    Consequences

    A positive consequence,
    often referred to as
    reinforcement, is a means
    by which it increase the
    probability of that action
    to occur in the future
    Consequences

    A negative consequence is
    a means by which it
    decrease the probability or
    eliminate the action to
    occur in the future.
    ACTIONS AND CONSEQUENCES
    • All our actions (spoken and physical)
    have consequences. Some are good
    (positive) and some bad (negative).
    • It is important to try to behave in a way
    that has positive consequences.
    ACTIONS AND CONSEQUENCES

    WILL POSITIVE

    ACTION
    NEGATIVE
    INTELLECT
    ACTIONS AND CONSEQUENCES

    Action Consequences

    Experience can be an excellent teacher, if we reflect on our


    actions and their consequences. Reflecting on our behavior is
    the key to changing.
    Activity: Actions and Consequences
    • Write actions you’ve made and the consequences to the actions
    you mentioned on the left column.
    Action Consequences
    1. Positive

    2. Positive

    3. Positive

    4. Negative

    5 Negative

    6 Negative
    CHOICES HAVE
    CONSEQUENCES
    CHOICE
    In our day to day life we face many choices and
    we make many decisions. Decisions we take are
    based on our own choices. In every matter we
    have one or two or more choices to take a proper
    decision. All results of our work depends upon what
    we choose to do? Why we chose it?
    In short, whether the result is good or bad , only
    we are responsible for it.
    So let’s learn some interesting things about
    choice!!!!
    WHAT TO EAT FOR BREAKFAST?
    WHAT TO WEAR?
    Choosing a career
    Everyday we faced two or more possibilities.
    What is a choice?
    An act of selecting or making a
    decision when faced with two or more
    possibilities.
    What is Choice?
    Simple choices might include what to eat
    for dinner, what to wear on Saturday party
    etc.- these are the choices that have relatively
    low impact on the chooser’s life overall.
    What is Choice?
    More complex choices
    might involves whose
    candidate to vote for on
    election, what profession to
    pursue etc.- these choices
    based on multiple influences
    and having larger impact on
    the chooser’s life.
    Impact of choices in our life
    • All results we face after making decision are based on
    what kind of choice we make.
    • We have two types of choices like- to do something good
    or to do something wrong.
    • Choices we make may result good or bad.
    • When results are good person feels happiness and tries
    to do more to get good results.
    • But when the results are bad, impact of this situation may
    get very bad for some persons.
    • Person may get depressed or hurt because of bad result
    of his choice.
    Choices have Consequences
    Choices and Consequences

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