ACTIVITY ON FREEDOM OF THE HUMAN PERSON
OBJECTIVES:
a. Realize that “all actions have consequences.”
b. Evaluate and exercising prudence in choices.
c. Rationalize that:
d. Choices have consequences.
e. Some things are given up while others are obtained in making choices.
f. Show situations that demonstrate freedom of choice and the consequences of
their choices.
FREEDOM OF THE HUMAN PERSON
Freedom in general means the absence of resistant.
If there is one thing that separates us all from every other creature that GOD has created, it is our ability to act
based on our judgment which is further based from our conscience that is Freedom.
We have this because we are the most favored and most loved by our Almighty creator.
There are different kinds of restraint and freedom. – Physical freedom is the absence of physical restraint.
When a prisoner is released from prison, he is physically free, since he is no longer restrained by the prison
walls. – Moral freedom is the absence of moral restraint, of an obligation, of a law. Thus in this country we are
morally free to criticize the government.
ARGUMENT FROM COMMON CONSENT
The great majority of men believe that their will is free. This conviction is of the utmost practical importance for
the whole of human life.
Therefore, if there is order in the world, the majority of mankind cannot be wrong in this belief. Hence, the will
is free.
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
We have said that most people naturally hold that the will is free.
Men are directly and indirectly aware of their freedom in the very act of making a free decision; they are
indirectly aware of it because of the many instances of the behavior which can only be explained by admitting
the freedom of the will.
THE ETHICAL ARGUMENT
If there is no freedom, there is no moral responsibility no virtue, no merit, no moral obligation, no duty, no
morality. The necessary connection between freedom and the spiritual realities is quite obvious and is
demonstrated in Ethics.
FREEDOM COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES
God endowed freedom for human beings to be used responsibly but man should exercise their gift for the
common good by following the truth. However men are also prone for wrong judgment that will cause
destruction of freedom. To be able to understand the truth: know the good and evil by using judgment of
conscience, but the judgment is not merely a decision because it is the expression of a wise decision which is
in favor of goodness.
ACTIVITY #1
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?
Write your observation and reflection below.
REFLECTION:
REFLECTION:
ACTIVITY #2
As a grade 12 student, you have made some important life decisions in the past.
Make a timeline of major decisions in your life and below the line then write down the consequence of those
particular decisions.
Life decisions
12 years old 14 years old 16 years old
Consequences
ACTIVITY #3
What is the message of the picture?
Write your reflection about this picture below.
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ACTIVITY #4
Fill out the boxes with answers.
ACTION 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 conservation of natural
resources
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