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    This document discusses different philosophers' perspectives on human freedom and free will. It covers: 1) Aristotle's view that humans are rational beings with the power of will, action, and reason. Our will is an instrument of free choice, as evidenced by our awareness of choice and the use of praise/blame. 2) Thomas Aquinas' classification of laws and view that humans have both spiritual and material elements. God is love, and love guides us towards happiness. 3) Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist view that humans desire to be god and create their own destiny through acts of will. 4) Hobbes and Rousseau's social contract theory where individuals

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    This document discusses different philosophers' perspectives on human freedom and free will. It covers: 1) Aristotle's view that humans are rational beings with the power of will, action, and reason. Our will is an instrument of free choice, as evidenced by our awareness of choice and the use of praise/blame. 2) Thomas Aquinas' classification of laws and view that humans have both spiritual and material elements. God is love, and love guides us towards happiness. 3) Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist view that humans desire to be god and create their own destiny through acts of will. 4) Hobbes and Rousseau's social contract theory where individuals

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    This document discusses different philosophers' perspectives on human freedom and free will. It covers: 1) Aristotle's view that humans are rational beings with the power of will, action, and reason. Our will is an instrument of free choice, as evidenced by our awareness of choice and the use of praise/blame. 2) Thomas Aquinas' classification of laws and view that humans have both spiritual and material elements. God is love, and love guides us towards happiness. 3) Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist view that humans desire to be god and create their own destiny through acts of will. 4) Hobbes and Rousseau's social contract theory where individuals

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    FREEDOM OF

    THE HUMAN
    PERSON
    FREEDOM
    • The quality or state of being free
    • To be free is a part of humanity’s
    authenticity.
    “ALL ACTIONS
    HAVE
    CONSEQUENCES”
    THE POWER OF
    VOLITION
    •VOLITION – the power to make your own
    choices or decision
    •For ARISTOTLE, human is rational and he
    believes in Intellectual Freedom. He
    believes in the power of WILL, ACTION
    and REASON.
    If there is no intellect,
    there would be no will.
    -Aristotle
    WILL – a strong desire or determination to
    do something.
    The will of humanity is an instrument of
    free choice.
    Will is borne out by…
    1. Our inner awareness of an aptitude.
    2. Common testimony of all human beings.
    3. Rewards and punishment of rulers.
    4. The general employment of praise and
    blame.
    Human Act Vs.
    Acts of Human
    • Human acts are actions done with “will” and
    “knowledge.”
    •Acts of Man are actions with the absence of
    either “will” or “knowledge.”
    LOVE IS FREEDOM
    •For ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, human being
    is a moral agent with spiritual and body
    elements ; spiritual and material.
    •He gives the fourfold classification of law.
    FOURFOLD
    CLASSIFICATION OF LAW
    •ETERNAL LAW - The decree of God that
    governs all creation.
    •NATURAL LAW - The human participation
    in the eternal law and is discovered by
    reason.
    •Human Law – concerned with ends
    determined simply by humanity’s nature.
    •Divine Law – Deals with interior disposition
    as well as external acts and it ensures the
    final punishment of all evil doings.
    •God is LOVE, then LOVE is the guiding
    principle of humanity toward his self-
    perception and happiness - his ultimate
    destiny.
    SPIRITUAL FREEDOM
    •For ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, we human
    are both material and spiritual.
    •God is Love and Love is our destiny.
    INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM
    •For JEAN PAUL SARTRE, human person is
    the desire to be God. Human person builds
    the road to the destiny of his/her choosing;
    he is the creator.
    EXISTENTIALISM
    •a philosophical theory or approach which as a
    free and responsible agent determining their
    own development through emphasizes the
    existence of the individual person acts of the
    will.
    THEORY OF SOCIAL
    CONTRACT
    KEY CONCEPTS:
    •The State of Nature: A pre-social condition.
    •The Social Contract: An agreement between:
    • (a) members of the community or
    • (b) members of the community and the
    Sovereign.
    •The Sovereign: The legitimate head of state
    after the Social Contract:
    •(a) a person or group of persons, such
    as a monarch or a government, or
    •(b) the people representing themselves.
    POLITICAL & ECONOMIC
    FREEDOM
    •Thomas Hobbes
    •Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    •The state owes its origin to social contract
    freely entered into its members.
    THEORY OF SOCIAL
    CONTRACT
    •Thomas Hobbes & Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    •POLITICAL FREEDOM
    •There must be a common power or
    government which the plurality of individuals
    (citizens) should confer all their powers and
    strength into (freedom) one will (ruler).
    •Show situations that demonstrate
    freedom of choice.
    •To what extent does the environment
    affect our choices? Give example.

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