PLSC 301 (Assignment 1)

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Can Philosophy be employed to emancipate human beings from the circumstances that enslaved
them?
Department of Political Science, Forman Christian College.
PLSC 301-B
Sir Syed Irtiza Shafaat Bokharee
18th October 2022
Submitted by: Amina Shams

Roll No.: 231523415
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Can Philosophy be employed to emancipate human beings from the circumstances that enslaved
them?
As Epicurus said “vain is the word of the philosopher that doesn’t heal any suffering of man.”
("The Place of Philosophy in Human Life - Daily Times", 2022). Philosophy in its actual
meaning is love for wisdom, now this can be taken into account on various levels such as
understanding the complexities of life itself or the purpose of living in a certain manner.
Breaking all th boundaries that maybe religion, society, upbringing, moral values and restrictive
living has taught us, philosophy lets us dive into the world of what ifs and broader actualization
of human understandings and then we could say that it can help human beings emancipate
themselves from the circumstances that enslaved them in a certain perception they hold of
themselves and the world they live in.
It does to a greater extend teach human beings to question their beliefs, assumptions and
practical implications of the code of life they follow. There is human freedom in philosophy as m
quoted “Because to be free not to be comfortable and extravagant is to recognize the infinite
difficulties of existence and does not exist the ready prescriptions for behavior.” (Billington,
1997:301).
The intrinsic, fundamental, and unalienable right to human freedom exists within the confines of
the information that each person possesses. Freedom can be defined as a state in which
individuals act morally and logically as per their own preferences and judgments. Selection is a
deliberate action that takes place in the context of a person's knowledge. Making a decision
involves taking preferences into account, which calls for formal reasoning. Making a decision
while taking into account others is the selection process. This involves putting oneself below
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another. It is the distinction between one's own and other people's sentiments. This is not just to
consider and do it. Regardless of how the action turns out to be resultantly. Freedom consists of
3 main points:
1) Having no restraint on making desired choices
2) The absence of physical restrictions in the environment that might otherwise prohibit
someone from reaching their desired goals.
3) Having the tools or abilities necessary to accomplish the goal of one's own free will.
Leibniz a German philosopher makes a compelling case against the moral acceptability
of chattel slavery. 3 of the domains were discussed here. The first is the violation of
natural rights by slavery. The second is that moral rules, such as the ethics of equity and
piety, forbid slavery or at the very least severely restrict how slaves may be treated. The
third and last layer is that a slave can only be justified as a slave if she is permanently
unable to behave properly. However, it is quite unlikely that any real humans fit that
criteria. However, Aristotle claims that “slavery is good for those who are born natural
slaves”.
One of the common themes in slavery is determinism. Being determined is distinct from
being predictable for a system. There is a chance that determinism is accurate and that no
one can foretell the future. It makes no difference if there are future truths implied by the
conjunction of the past and the rules if no human agent knows or is able to know them.
The relationship between the determinism thesis and future predictability, however, is
less strong. An entity with thorough knowledge of P and L and enough intellectual
capacity should be able to accurately forecast how the future will pan out if determinism
is true. However, since we human beings lack both the necessary knowledge and the
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ability to define a plausible cause we need some sort of school of thought, reasoning and
help in this way thus some of the restrictions faced as a result of consequential living and
making life be livable. As Plato also quotes “Reality is created by our mind, we can
change our reality by changing our mind.”
References:
1) The Place of Philosophy in Human Life - Daily Times. (2022). Retrieved 18 October
2022, from https://dailytimes.com.pk/987588/the-place-of-philosophy-in-human-life/

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themselves and the world they live in.

1) Having no restraint on making desired choices

someone from reaching their desired goals.

change our reality by changing our mind.”

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