Review:

•What is climate change?

•What causes climate
change?
•What are its effects?
 SISA (SIne SAliksik).
Process questions:
•What is the video all about?
•What is the message of the
video?
•If you were the
actor, what choices
would you rather
take?
 THE HUMAN ACTS
• acts are actions done with “will” and
“knowledge.”
Acts which proceed from a deliberate freewill
• Acts of which he is properly master =
because he does them with full
knowledge and of his own will
• WILL- properly enlightened by Knowledge
supplied by the intellect
 ACTS OF MAN
• are actions with the absence of
either “will” or “knowledge.”
• Acts that are involuntary actions.
• Acts of persons without the proper
use of reason. For example, children
or innate persons. Acts of people
asleep or under the influence or
other drugs.
•Can you relate the
concept of human
acts and acts of man
to your day to day
living?
Tell whether the ff. situations are
Human Acts or Acts of Man
1. Hunger
2. Singing
3. Hearing
4. Blinking of the eyes
5. Dancing
6. Contraction of the Heart Beat
7. Listening
8. Breathing
9. Killing
10. Reading
Tell whether the ff. situations are
Human Acts or Acts of Man

• A woman died due to accident

• A college student who gets pregnant
and had abortion
• Terminally ill patient and died in its
natural death
• Terminally ill patient and died in
euthanasia
•If you strive hard and study
hard with your will and
knowledge, you will be able
to succeed in life and
become a productive
citizen?
•List down 3
examples of Human
acts and Acts of Man
The Principle of Double effects
•Do you agree that
stealing the property
shall be condemned?
(Yes/No, and Why)
Dyad:

•Each pair will identify

examples of the principle
of double effect as seen
in day to day activities
 FREEDOM / LIBERTY?
• A social and political concept which has a great
significance in how people participate in society.
• It emerged as philosophical issue in the 18th century
during the age of Enlightenment.
• Intellectuals or Enlightenment thinkers pondered on the origin of
society and the nature of human freedom.
• Belief: Man existed in a natural state and had absolute freedom

• In order to live in harmony and to ensure survival of

the society, people entered into social contract
which defined the freedom that they will be enjoying
as members of the society
 Freedom in Political
and Social Context
• Freedom of an individual from
oppression, compulsion or
coercion from persons an
authority figure, or from society
itself.
Political Freedom
• Positive Liberty
• A person taking control of his or her own
life and fulfilling one’s potential
• Negative Liberty
• Freedom from external restraints, barriers
and other interferences from other people.
Political Ideologies (comes from human liberty)
• LIBERALISM – upholds the preservation of
individual rights and stresses the role of the
government in protecting these civil liberties.
• LIBERTARIANISM – believes that individual NOT
THE GOVERNMENT is the best judge in upholding and
exercising rights.
• SOCIALISM – considers freedom as the freedom
to acquire economic resources and the ability to
work and act according to one’s desires.
FREEDOM ENTAILS RIGHTS
• NATURAL RIGHTS – innate in the
person as the right to life. It is
Universal
• LEGAL RIGHTS – based on society’s
customs and laws and are enacted by
legislation and enforced by a
government.
THEOLOGICAL VIEWS: FREEDOM
• Freedom from sin and living a life
of righteousness. It is living a life in
accordance with the will of God
WHAT MAKES US FREE?
• Freedom is freedom to make choices
in life.
• Human freedom is expressed in
• FREE WILL – our capacity to choose from
alternative courses of action or decisions.
• FREE ACTIONS- the freedom to perform an
action without any obstacles or hindrances
HOW DOES FREEDOM SHAPE OUR
EXPERIENCES?
• FACULTIES MODEL
• Free will that use mental faculties. Ones actions is based on
rationality and sound judgment
• HIERARCHICAL MODEL
• Free will is based on human desires and want (choosing a degree
to pursue)
• REASONS-RESPONSIVE VIEW
• Believe that man has free will because he or she is able to
entertain reasons not to enact a certain decision and act upon them
when the need arises (crossing the street)
What can prevent us from exercising
our freedom?
• Prohibitions / coercion
• Laws
• Social control imposed by society
• Physical disability
• Sickness
• Weather
• Accidents
• Poverty
Remember:
• It is possible for a man to engage their free
will but prevented to engage their free
actions
• A person can freely act even without
engaging his free will
How can we effectively exercise freedom
in our life?
1. Moral responsibility can be an effective guide in the
proper exercise of freedom
• Moral responsibility refers to a person’s status of deserving
praise and reward or blame and punishment for an action.
• Free will, control and regulation are necessary
• Assuming that all actions are free, we have to confront the
moral responsibility of our actions.
2. Interaction with other people in society is important
exercise of freedom
• Our actions should be done in consideration of the norms and laws
in our society
• He or she should not only uphold his own right but the right of their
people as well.
TEACHER MILA
• What do you think of the video?
• What is the video all about?
• What actions are evidently prudent in the video
clip?
• What characteristics have you observed about
Mila?
• Do you agree with her decision?
• If you were Mila, would you do the same? (Yes/No,
Why?)
• In making choices, is prudence significant?
• Give the general implication of prudence.
• Prudence is a kind of virtue that one
needs most when he/she is
confronted with choices.
• Being prudent helps the person to
become rational in his/her manner of
choosing between opposing options.
• Amidst the poor situation that you
are in, how can you remain prudent
in your choices?
• Give a situation when prudence is
not applied evidently.
What can you say about the pictures below?
Have you been in this kind of situation? What
are the things that you considered in making
choices?
As a grade 11 student, you have made some
important life decisions in the past.
Make a time-line of major decisions in your life
and below the line then write down the
consequence of those particular decisions.
Life
Decisions

Age / Age / Age /

decision decision decision

Consequence Consequence Consequence

What is the message of the picture?
Write your reflection about this picture
Group activity: Discuss the given actions below
and bainstorm about the possible
consequences. Assign a leader and a reporter
to present your group output.
ACTIONS CONSEQUENCES

a student studying his or her

lesson
a driver observing traffic lights
athletes practicing in the gym
a person taking illegal drugs
a student practicing premarital
sex