Freedom of the human person
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People want to exercise their freedom
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When we think about freedom deeply, we realize there are problems with its nature that we are not aware of
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The classic problem of freedom is whether there is freedom or not.
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If there is freedom, is it limited or absolute ?
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Freedom is essential in a human person.
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Aside from reason, what distinguishes human beings from animals is freedom.
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Human beings have the capacity to choose, to be free from and to be free for
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The will of humanity is an instrument of free choice.
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"Man is condemned to be free"
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The concept of freedom is ontological (focuses on study of being)
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Freedom is the very being of the human person (as being-for-itself)
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"to be free" does not mean "to obtain what one has wished" but rather "by oneself to determine oneself to wish"
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a person cannot escape from freedom
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When there is freedom, there is responsibility.
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The absolute responsibility of the person is freedom itself.
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"consciousness (of) being the incontestable author of an event or an object (Sartre, 1993).
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• Some people, however, disown their freedom, thereby neglecting their responsibility.
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Human being is rational (based on facts or reason and not by emotion).
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Reason can legislate (control), but only through will can its legislation be translated into action.
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The will of humanity is an instrument of free choice. It is within the power of everyone to be good or bad, worthy or worthless.
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Moral acts, which are always particular acts, are in our power and we are responsible for them. Character or habit is no excuse for immoral conduct.
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Love is Freedom
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Of all creatures of God, human beings have the unique power to change themselves and the things around them for the better.
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A human beings therefore, has a supernatural transcendental destiny
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The power of change, however, cannot be done by human beings alone, but is achieved through cooperation with God.
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For love is in consonance with humanity`s free nature, for law commands and complete; love only calls and invites.
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St. Thomas emphasizes the freedom of humanity but chooses love in governing humanity`s life.
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Since God is love, then love is the guiding principle of humanity toward –self- perception and happiness his ultimate destiny.
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t famous and influential philosophers of the French enlightenment in the 18th century
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In his book The Social Contract he elaborated his theory of human nature.
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Human beings must form a community or civil community to protect themselves from one another, because the nature of human beings is to wage war against one another
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And since by nature, humanity tends toward self-preservation, then it follows that they must come to a free mutual agreement to protect themselves.
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