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Department of Education
Regional Office IX, Zamboanga Peninsula

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Introduction to the
Philosophy
of Quarter 2 - Module
the Human 2:
Person
Freedom of the Human Person

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
Name of School: ___________________________
 WHAT I NEED TO KNOW?

FREEDOM OF THE HUMAN PERSON

A fundamental attribute of being human as entrenched in the human spirit is
Freedom, to understand freedom humanity cannot pursue it within the parameters of
the physical or natural world alone, it must order to the truth of The All Divine One.
To be free is part of our transcendence, it is going beyond situations such as
physical or economic, our dreams cannot be halt nor guaranteed by neither our
economic progression nor our physical outlook.
The need for critical thinking as a tool towards truth and freedom is a
compulsion.

COURSE OBJECTIVE
5.3 Realize that:
a. Choices have consequences
b. Some things are given up while others are obtained in making
choices
PPT11/12-IIc-5.3
5.4 Show situations that demonstrate freedom of choice and the
consequences of their choices
PPT11/12-IIc-5.4

MODULE
FREEDOM OF THE
2 HUMAN PERSON

WHAT IS IN?

In the previous lessons we tackled the value of doing philosophy, the

philosophical reflections to achieve a holistic perspective in the dealings with
life, we were to recognize our limitations and our possibilities to soar, to bounce
and to live the life of our choice and the incessant evaluation for our
transcendence.
 Give examples on how to apply critical thinking in the practices of the
freedom of the human person.

WHAT’S NEW?

Core Objective: Realize that all actions have consequences;

Activity: ROAD OF CHOICE
The Power of Volition is the power to make your own choices of
decision, as said, the will of humanity is an instrument of free
choice.
At a certain point in life we were to make choices, choice that either
led us as victors or as more experience ramblers in life, the results
of these choices are our present.

Instruction: In the figure shown below, write the problem of choice in the
main road, your available choices in the intersecting roads and your
decision in the converging road.

Intersecting Roads

Converging road
Main Road

Answer this:
1. Are your choices limited to your ability?
2. Is your decision made of your own free will?
3. What did you achieve in having to do such decision?
 WHAT IS IT?
Core Objective: To show situations that demonstrates freedom of
choice.
Activity: YOUR INITIAL TASK

Jean-Paul Sartre emphasized the importance of free individual choice,

regardless of the power of other people to influence and coerce our desires, beliefs,
and decision. To be human, to be conscious, is to be free to imagine, free to choose,
and be responsible to one’s life.

Instruction: TASK 1 Associate word or phrase to the word

FREEDOM, the first word/phrase must start
with the letter of the word FREEDOM.

Define the word FREEDOM by combining all associated

ideas

TASK 2 Defend your Freedom, Base on the

description or definition you have previously
formulated in the first task, complete the
sentence in the diagram

I am free because, I will strive

to be……..

I am free because, I will not Freedom

allow…..
Is ….

I am free because, I will

protect…..
TASK 3 SOCIAL CONTRACT
THE LAW OF NATURE (lex naturalis) is a precept established
by reason by which a person is forbidden to do that which is
destructive of his life or takes away the means of preserving
the same; and to omit that by which he think it may be best
preserved.
Fill in the blanks with the provided words below:

SOCIAL CONTRACT
Given the _______ to get out of the state of nature
and thereby _________ our lives, we should seek peace,
the reasonableness of seeking ________, divest ourselves
of certain ______. So as to achieve peace, that a person be
willing, when others so too, to lay ______ his right to all
things; and be_________ with so much_______ against
other ______, as we would _____ other people against
__________.
GARVEY 2006

1. DESIRE 2. PEACE 3. DOWN 4. LIBERTY

5. PRESERVE 6. RIGHTS 7. CONTENTED 8. HIMSELF

9. ALLOW 10. PEOPLE

WHAT’S MORE?

Choices have consequences and some things are given up while

others are obtained in making choices
One innate value amongst Filipinos are Kagandahang loob, Kabutihang
loob, kalooban and utang na loob, A Filipino value that centers on one’s self
sharing to others.
The freedom within the term ―loob‖, is essentially interpersonal social
concept that put Filipinos in touch with its fellow beings.
 It encompasses the ―give-and-take‖ relationship among Filipinos; as such
repaying those who have helped us is a manifestation of ―utang na loob‖. It
contends that Filipinos are morally and intellectually disciplined from within,
although transgressions over these values emancipate freely.

ACTIVITY: BALIK-BAYAN BOX

INSTRUCTION: Below are two colored boxes, list down the possible
positive consequences on the of the following Filipino Value; Kabutihang Loob,
Utang na loob and Pakikisama on the yellow box, while list the possible negative
consequences on the red box.

Answer this: How one can be responsible to others but to one’s self?

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED?

REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING PHRASES;
 Freedom is part of our transcendence.
 Freedom is going beyond physical or economic situations.
 Critical thinking is an important tool towards freedom and truth.
 All actions have consequences.
 Volition is the power to make your own choice or decision.
 The will of humanity is an instrument of free choice.
 Character or habit is no excuse for immoral conduct.
 Our free will is an instrument of free choice.
 Love is freedom.
 Our spirituality separates us from animals.
 Good should be sought and evil be avoided.
 Natural law is the human participation in eternal law and is discovered by
reason.
 God is Love and Love is our destiny.
 The human person builds the road to the destiny of his choosing.
 A person is nothing else but that what he makes of himself.
 Human person who tries to escape obligation and strive to be en-soil is acting in
bad faith.
 We should seek peace.
 There must be a common power which the plurality of individuals should confer
all their powers and strength into one will.
  A person has the power to think or not.
 Individual should be disciplined from within rather than fear the
authority.
 Discipline and responsibility should be inculcated especially in
education.
 Self-sufficiency should recognize human worth and dignity.
 To be free individual is to be responsible not only for one’s self but also for all.
WHAT CAN I DO?
Freedom of Choice and the consequences of their actions.
Freedom which can be understood in the act of choosing can never be
compartmentalized in the act of thinking. One must necessarily be conscious of
his choosing and take its notch as his responsibility, if not he be left to none but
to an obvious quandary.
Filipino standards or values have its smidgen of either advances or impedes,
the consequences are all but a result of Filipino close knitted interpersonal
relationship.
Below are some of Filipino values, fill in the possible consequences:
Filipino Standards/Values Consequences

Sakop ng harmony among kinship

Kalooban

Kasarian

Utang na Loob

Makadiyos

Kumpadre system

Respeto sa Nakakatanda

Ako ang Boss

ANSWER THIS: How these Filipino values promote or hinder freedom?

ASSESSMENT
INSTRUCTION: Choose the letter of the best answer.
“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”.
1. From the statement above, it can be concluded that ________________:

A. Our inner awareness of an aptitude to do right or wrong

B. The common testimony of all human beings
C. Influence of external environment, peers and acquaintances
D. The reward and punishment of rules
 ―Norman graduated ―with Honors‖ and has been awarded for ―Best in Math‖. During
enrolment he himself enrolled in a ―Beauty and Fitness Course‖.

2. Which of the following reasons BEST supports the statement above?

A. The imperative quality of a judgment of practical intellect is

meaningless, apart from will.
B. Poverty has its cause
C. Intellect chooses beauty above all
D. Will is impractical when confronted with poverty

3. Which of the following acts is within the human’s power and responsibility?
A. Act of war C. Peer pressure
B. Moral acts D. Mob rule

―Jean-Paul Sartre emphasized the importance of free individual choice, regardless of the
power of other people to influence and coerce our desires, beliefs, and decision‖.
4. From the statement above, it means that, ____________________:
A. To be human is to be conscious, is to be free to imagine, free to
choose, and be responsible to one’s life.
B. To be human is to be the highest of all being.
C. To be human is to be God like.
D. To be human is to err.

5. Which of the following philosophical theory that it is established by reason in

which a person is prohibited to do which is unhelpful of his life?
A. Socialist principle
B. Social Theory
C. Social Contract
D. Socialist philosophy

―The human person builds the road to the destiny of his choosing”.
6. Which of the following terms that BEST describes the above statement?
A. Truth C. Thinking
B. Freedom D. Consequences
“Human will is an instrument of free choice. It is within us to do what is good or bad”.
7. Which of the following statements does NOT support the claim from the
above statement?

A. Our inner awareness of an aptitude to do right or wrong.

B. The rewards and punishment of rulers and general employment of
praise and blame.
C. The common testimony of all human beings.
D. Happiness is the process of ever-growing through.

“Natural law is the human participation in eternal law and is discovered by reason”.

8. From the statement above, it can be concluded that, ____________________:

 A. We should plant more trees.
B. To be human is to follow crowd decision.
C. To be human is to be guided by reason in the path of God existence.
D. To be human is to act like God.

9. Which of the following precepts established by reason by which a person is

forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life?
A. Lex legis C. Lex pupolum
B. Dura lex D. Lex naturalis
10. Which of the following Filipino values that encompasses the give-and-take
relationship among Filipinos as such repaying those who have helped us?
A. Sariling Loob C. Utang na Loob
B. Kagandahang Loob D. Pakikisama

11. Which of the following terms that refers to the power to make your own
choices of decision?
A. The Power of Volition C. The Power from within
B. The Power of Love D. The Power of Attraction
12. To be free individual is to be responsible not only for one’s self
_______________________.
A. But also to your neighbour.
B. But also to your friends.
C. But also for all.
D. But also to your future.

13. Which of the following situations that it should be inculcated in

education?

A. Duties and Harmonies

B. Discipline and self-centeredness
C. Duties and Discipline
D. Responsibility and Racism

14. Which of the following terms is an instrument of free choices?

A. Acts
B. Will
C. Choices
D. Freedom

15. Which of the following terms is an important tool towards freedom and truth?
A. Critical thinking
B. Logical Reasoning
C. Transcendence
D. Religion
 KEY ANSWER

15. A 10. C D 5.

14. B 9. D A 4.

13. C 8. C B 3.

12. C 7. D A 2.

11. A 6. B C 1.
ASSESSMENT

References:

 Bernardo, Juanito Philip Jr. B., “Introduction to the Philosophy of the

Human Person”, JFS Publishing Services, Manila, Philippines, First
Edition 2016, p. 109-110

 Ramos, Christine Carmela R.,PhD., “Introduction to the

Philosophy of the Human Person”, Manila Philippines, REX
Book store, First Edition 2016, p. 94-114
 DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Author: Rachel Amanda Bacuac, SST-II

Basilan NHS, Isabela City Division
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 Region IX: Zamboanga Peninsula Hymn – Our Eden Land
Here the trees and flowers bloom Gallant men And Ladies fair
Here the breezes gently Blow, Linger with love and care
Here the birds sing Merrily, Golden beams of sunrise and sunset
The liberty forever Stays, Are visions you’ll never forget
Oh! That’s Region IX
Here the Badjaos roam the seas Hardworking people Abound,
Here the Samals live in peace Every valleys and Dale
Here the Tausogs thrive so free Zamboangueños, Tagalogs, Bicolanos,
With the Yakans in unity
My Final Farewell
Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun caress'd
Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!,
Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's best,
And were it brighter, fresher, or more blest
Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost.
On the field of battle, 'mid the frenzy of fight,
Others have given their lives, without doubt or heed;
The place matters not-cypress or laurel or lily white,
Scaffold or open plain, combat or martyrdom's plight,
T is ever the same, to serve our home and country's need.
I die just when I see the dawn break,
Through the gloom of night, to herald the day;
And if color is lacking my blood thou shalt take,
Pour'd out at need for thy dear sake
To dye with its crimson the waking ray.
My dreams, when life first opened to me,
My dreams, when the hopes of youth beat high,
Were to see thy lov'd face, O gem of the Orient sea
From gloom and grief, from care and sorrow free;
No blush on thy brow, no tear in thine eye.
Dream of my life, my living and burning desire,
All hail ! cries the soul that is now to take flight;
All hail ! And sweet it is for thee to expire ;
To die for thy sake, that thou mayst aspire;
And sleep in thy bosom eternity's long night.
If over my grave some day thou seest grow,
In the grassy sod, a humble flower,
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so,
While I may feel on my brow in the cold tomb below
The touch of thy tenderness, thy breath's warm power.
Let the moon beam over me soft and serene,
Let the dawn shed over me its radiant flashes,
Let the wind with sad lament over me keen ;
And if on my cross a bird should be seen,
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my ashes.
I Am a Filipino, by Carlos P. Romulo
I am a Filipino–inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain
future. As such I must prove equal to a two-fold task–the task of
meeting my responsibility to the past, and the task of performing
my obligation to the future.
I sprung from a hardy race, child many generations removed of
ancient Malayan pioneers. Across the centuries the memory comes
rushing back to me: of brown-skinned men putting out to sea in
ships that were as frail as their hearts were stout. Over the sea I see
them come, borne upon the billowing wave and the whistling wind,
carried upon the mighty swell of hope–hope in the free abundance
of new land that was to be their home and their children’s forever.
I am a Filipino. In my blood runs the immortal seed of heroes–seed
that flowered down the centuries in deeds of courage and defiance.
In my veins yet pulses the same hot blood that sent Lapulapu to
battle against the first invader of this land, that nerved Lakandula
in the combat against the alien foe, that drove Diego Silang and
Dagohoy into rebellion against the foreign oppressor.
The seed I bear within me is an immortal seed. It is the mark of my
manhood, the symbol of dignity as a human being. Like the seeds
that were once buried in the tomb of Tutankhamen many thousand
years ago, it shall grow and flower and bear fruit again. It is the
insignia of my race, and my generation is but a stage in the
unending search of my people for freedom and happiness.
Cebuanos, Ilocanos, Subanons, Boholanos, Ilongos,
All of them are proud and true
Region IX our Eden Land
Region IX
Our..
Eden...
Land...
Let the sun draw the vapors up to the sky,
And heavenward in purity bear my tardy protest
Let some kind soul o 'er my untimely fate sigh,
And in the still evening a prayer be lifted on high
From thee, 0 my country, that in God I may rest.
Pray for all those that hapless have died,
For all who have suffered the unmeasur'd pain;
For our mothers that bitterly their woes have cried,
For widows and orphans, for captives by torture tried
And then for thyself that redemption thou mayst gain
And whe n the d ark nig ht wr ap s the gr ave y ar d ar ound
With only the d e ad in the ir v ig il to s e e
B re ak not m y re p os e or the m ys tery p r of ound
And pe rc hanc e thou m ays t he ar a s ad hym n re s ound
' T is I, O my c ountry, r aising a s ong unto the e .
And ev e n my g rav e is r em em be re d no m ore
Unm ark 'd by ne ve r a c r os s nor a stone
Le t the plow s we ep thr oug h it, the sp ade tur n it o' er
That m y as hes m ay c arp e t e ar thly f loor,
B ef ore into nothing nes s at las t the y are b lown.
The n will ob liv ion br ing to me no c ar e
As ove r thy v ale s and p lains I s we e p;
Thr ob b ing and c le anse d in thy s p ace and air
With c olor and lig ht, with s ong and lame nt I f are ,
Ev e r re p e ating the f aith that I k ee p .
M y F athe rland ad or' d, that s ad ne ss to my sor r ow le nd s
B e lov ed F ilip inas, he ar now m y las t g ood -b y!
I g ive the e all: p are nts and k indr ed and f r iend s
F or I g o wher e no s lav e be f or e the op pr es s or b e nds ,
Whe r e f aith c an ne ve r kill, and God r e ig ns e ' er on hig h!
F are well to y ou al l, f r om m y s oul tor n away,
F rie nds of m y c hild hood in the home disp oss e ss ed !
Giv e thanks that I re s t fr om the we ar is om e d ay !
F are well to the e, too, s we e t f rie nd that lig hte ne d m y way;
B e lov ed cre ature s all, f are well! I n d e ath ther e is re s t!
I am a Filipino, child of the marriage of the East and the West. The
East, with its languor and mysticism, its passivity and endurance,
was my mother, and my sire was the West that came thundering
across the seas with the Cross and Sword and the Machine. I am of
the East, an eager participant in its spirit, and in its struggles for
liberation from the imperialist yoke. But I also know that the East
must awake from its centuried sleep, shake off the lethargy that has
bound his limbs, and start moving where destiny awaits.
I am a Filipino, and this is my inheritance. What pledge shall I give
that I may prove worthy of my inheritance? I shall give the pledge
that has come ringing down the corridors of the centuries, and it
shall be compounded of the joyous cries of my Malayan forebears
when first they saw the contours of this land loom before their eyes,
of the battle cries that have resounded in every field of combat from
Mactan to Tirad Pass, of the voices of my people when they sing:
―I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until freedom
shall have been added unto my inheritance—for myself and my
children and my children’s children—forever.‖
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