FREEDOM Characteristics

PHILOSOPHY
FOURTH QUARTER
FREEDOM
FREEDOM OF
THE HUMAN
PERSON
OBJECTIVES:
• Discern the essence of true freedom;
• Discuss moral responsibility and
accountability in their exercise of
freedom
• Realize that all actions have
consequences.
What is
FREEDOM?
What is freedom?
•It is the power or right to act,
speak, or think as one wants
without hindrance or restraint.
•The state of not being imprisoned
or enslaved.
CHARACTERISTIC
6
S OF FREDOM
1. Freedom is an intrinsic
and essential property of
the person.
1. Freedom is an intrinsic and
essential property of the person.
• This means that the human person by nature is a
free being and that it is in his or her nature to seek
freedom.
• An important indication of human freedom is the
ability to make choices and perform actions. Our
freedom to act sets us apart from other beings.
2. Freedom is the power
to be what you want to
be and the ability to
decide and create
yourself.
2.Freedom is the power to be what you want to
be and the ability to decide and create
yourself.
• Though, we have certain inherent traits such as
physical attributes and temperament, many of the
characteristics that define our personality are often
a product of our choices.
• Our talents, for instance, are developed to their
fullest only if we choose to dedicate time and effort
to improve them.
3. Freedom is rooted in the
human person’s self-
determination and the
exercise of intellect and
free will.
3. Freedom is rooted in the human
person’s self-determination and the
exercise of intellect and free will.
*This means that a person’s every action is

freely determined and these actions define him
or her.
• We can freely choose to be a good person and
to act in a good way. A good act makes a
person better while its opposite has a
negative impact on him or her as a person.
• This is the nature of self determination: that
a person’s actions determine what kind of
person he or she becomes.
Look at the situation.
Samuel is carrying a heavy
load of books along the
hallway when he suddenly
loses his balance and
drops all the books.
4. Freedom gives us the
choice to undertake
other possible actions.
4. Freedom gives us the choice to
undertake other possible actions.
• It also enables us to come up with new
choices.
• The essence of freedom is that it does not
confine our actions to those set or expected
by others; we can imagine new actions and
decide to undertake them.
5. Freedom entails
certain
responsibilities.
5. Freedom entails certain
responsibilities.
• It is possible for a person to diminish or
negate freedom through the choices and
actions that he or she makes.
• Using your freedom responsibly will enable
you to be a better person and help uphold
human dignity.
6. Freedom requires a
degree of control from
the person who exercise
it.
6. Freedom requires a degree of control from the person who
exercise it.
A person becomes more free when he or she

exercises control over himself or herself. On the
other hand, a person becomes less free when he
or she is no longer in control of himself or
herself and is instead controlled by other forces.
For example: persons suffering from
addiction are less free because they are
overpowered by their addiction to certain
substances and can barely control
themselves when presented with these
things.
•People who act solely based on
their emotions are also less free
because they allow themselves to be
controlled by their feelings without
any regard for ethical
considerations.
•People who behave impulsively
and erratically are more similar
to animals than persons. To lose
control of oneself diminishes
human freedom and dehumanize
the person.
•Persons who are denied their
freedom by other individuals,
groups, and institutions are also
dehumanized.
•Slavery is a dehumanizing act
because a person is forced to work
for life without the possibility of
ever leaving a life of bondage.
•A person who is imprisoned is also
dehumanized because he or she is
denied his or her freedom and is
confined to prison life. That same
person, however also dehumanized the
person whom he or she wronged.

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*This means that a person’s every action is

A person becomes more free when he or she

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