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Prelim Lesson 3 PDF
Prelim Lesson 3 PDF
A 5-minute
Thought to
Ponder
Lesson 3
Freedom and
Responsibility
As Foundations of Morality
Lesson
Objectives
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on Freedom Our fallen nature’s tendency to choose the lesser good over the
higher goods is mainly caused by our misguided desires.
Many times we desire the lesser goods because we do not see and
understand the importance of the higher and the more important
goods.
St. Augustine
on Freedom How many times have we chosen to procrastinate because we
choose to “chill and relax” rather than choose to be diligent and
excel?
BUT
Assessment:
St. Augustine Luke, a young and single branch manager in a certain company in the city,
on Freedom felt overwhelmed by stress and the loads of work he had for the past days.
He thought he deserved to have a break after the busy week. He went to
the city’s red light district and thought of looking for a woman to spend
the night with. It happened that prostitution in that particular city was
legal. So he never saw anything wrong with spending the night of pleasure
with a woman who was willing to sell her body for him to pay. He thought
to himself that he is single, has no girlfriend, he has the money to pay for
the woman and the hotel, and he has the “freedom” to do it since he is of
legal age and not married nor into a commitment with someone. So, he
enjoyed a night of pleasure with a woman.
Question:
Do you think Luke exercised his freedom if he spent the night of pleasure
with a woman?
For St. Augustine, NO. When Luke gave in to his sexual
desires he became a slave to that desire. Instead of
managing and controlling himself he gave in to it and
St. Augustine surrendered his freedom to that desire. He lost his
on Freedom freedom and became a slave and a willing follower of the
lower good which is lust and impurity. He lost the
discipline and goodness of purity and respect for the
sacredness of his and the woman’s body.
Luke could have maintained his freedom by choosing to
do good instead of him being a slave to his passion and
desire of the flesh.
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Melchert, Norman (1991). The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy. CA, USA:
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Wetzel, James (2010). Augustine: A Guide for the Perplexed. London: Continuum.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/