FREEDOM OF THE

HUMAN PERSON
 FREEDOM
 the power or right to act, speak, or think
as one wants without hindrance or restraint.
freedom from the intellectual, political, and
economic aspects.

freedom consists of going beyond situations such

as physical or economic.
ARISTOTLE
THE POWER OF VOLITION
ARISTOTLE
 Aristotle was a Greek philosopher during the Classical
period in Ancient Greece.
VOLITION
Volition is the cognitive process by which an individual
decides on and commits to a particular course of action.

Cognition ( Thinking)

Affect (Emotion, Feeling)

Motivation (Goals, Expectation)

The will of humanity is an instrument of free
choice. It is within the power of everyone to
be good or bad, worthy or worthyless. This
is borne out by:

 our inner awareness of an aptitude to do right or

wrong.
For ARISTOTLE, human being
is rational.
 REASON ACTION

WILL

 Reasons can legislate, but only through will can its

legislation turned into action.
ST. THOMAS
AQUINAS
SPIRITUAL FREEDOM
 he is nevertheless recognized by the Roman Catholic
Church as its foremost Western philosopher and
theologian.
 Of all creatures of God, human beings have the
unique power to change themselves for the
better.

We are both spritual and body elements.

through our spirituality we have a conscience.

 Actions

Concience
god's LOVE
GOD'S love

GOD'S love
SOREN
KIERKEGA ARD
EXISTENTIALISM
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

 Father of existentialism

 emphasized the balance of freedom and

reponsibility.
EXISTENTIALISM
 existentialism is a philosophy concerned with finding self
and the meaning of life through free will, choice, and
personal responsibility.

 existence take prudence over essence.

TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF
EXISTENTIALISM
THEISTIC & ATHEISTIC
 THEISTIC ATHEISTIC
reflects a belief in a supreme reflects a belief that there is
being that provides meaning no supreme being who
and purpose to man created man

"essence precedes existence" "existence precedes essence"

man should only discover his man is thrown into the world
purpose and fulfill it and is left alone to create the
meaning for himself
IN EXISTENTIALISM...

 People search for some meaning to their lives,

important question concerning their being.

 Each of us is reponsible for who we are and what we

become.
 LET'S CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
1. Great love and great achievement involve great risk.
2. Respect for self, respect for others, and resposibility for
actions.
3. The future is fixed, have one's life unfold is a matter of
destiny. Agree or Disagree.