Elements of Freedom

Lesson 2
 TWO ELEMENTS OF FREEDOM
1.Voluntariness
 ability of a person to act of his or her own free will and self determination.
 A person may decide to do things or not to do it according to his own free will.
 It also means that even though she/he is not required to do such things he/she
could still do it or take action on it.
 Voluntary acts are free acts which can be assigned a corresponding moral value.
 One must always remember that in every action we make, in every choice we
make there is an equivalent consequence. These consequences affect not just
the individual who does the decision but also other people in their surroundings.
With that, one must always accept the consequences that results from his or her
decisions or actions and take responsibility for them.
2. Responsibility
 refers to the person being accountable for his or her
action and their consequences.
 Taking responsibility can mean either you take
responsibility to your action voluntarily or other people
will hold you responsible.
 For example, if you made a bad action it’s either you
take responsibility of it or other people will hold you
responsible for it.
 TWO factors to consider in the exercise of
freedom
1. Prudence
 is the ability to govern and discipline oneself with the
use of reason; it is having caution and giving good
judgments in making decisions.
 Because once we made a decision there is no turning
back, there is no rewind, so we should always reflect
first on the possible outcomes of the choices that we
are going to make. Self-reflection is very important in
exercising freedom.
2. Self-reflection
 allows us to be more rational in making choices,
because sometimes human beings tend to be
slaves by their emotions and moods whenever
they act certain things.
 As free beings, exercising our freedom
responsibly is very important. Thus, it requires
us to reflect on the actions that we are going to
make by considering its possible effects and the
benefits it has to the people affected by it.
THANK YOU!