Philo lesson 7

social and political concept which has great significance in how people participate in society.

refers to a person taking control of his or her own life and fulfilling one’s potential.

freedom from external restraint, barriers, and other interferences from other people.

upholds the preservation of individual rights and stresses the role of the government in protecting these civil liberties.

believes that the individual, not the government, is the best judge in upholding exercising rights.

considers freedom as the freedom to acquire economic resources and the ability to work and act according to one’s desires.

refer to rights that are innate in the person such as the right to life. These rights are considered universal and inalienable.

rights that are based on society’s customs and laws that are enacted by legislation and enforced by a government.

refers to the capacity of a person to act and exert control over his or her behavior.

which is the capacity to choose from alternative courses of action or decision.

the freedom to perform an action without any obstacles or hindrances.

are voluntary actions, where an individual has motive and full knowledge of the action.

are involuntary actions, these are actions that occur naturally in the human being such as the functioning of the senses, and actions that occur without the knowledge of the agent such as sleepwalking.

refers to free will as the use of our mental faculties. It assumes that we have free will due to our intellect because each human action is based on rationality and sound judgment.

argues that free will is based on human wants and desires. An individual is faced with various wants and desires that need to be met.

believes 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.

is a philosophical view that believes that every event in the world is brought about by underlying causes or factors.

refers to a person’s status of deserving praise and reward, or blame and punishment for an action.