FREEDOM AND ACCOUNTABILTY

• FREEDOM

  The state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint; exemption from external control; the power to determine action without restraint of any kind.
• FREEDOM

  It is an intrinsic and essential property of the person. This means that the human person by nature is a free being and that it is in his or her nature to seek freedom. An important indication of human freedom is the ability to make choices and perform actions. Our freedom to act sets us apart from other beings.
• SELF DETERMINATION

  The ability or power to make decisions for yourself, especially the power of a nation to decide how it will be governed, ’The ability to BECOME
• EXERCISE OF INTELLECT

  The process to manifest his or her ideas and aspirations.
• FREE WILL

  The ability to decide what to do independently of any outside influence.
• PHYSICAL FREEDOM

  It refers to the absent of physical restraint. A person has the freedom of mobility to go where he wants to go. He is not impeded in his actions by any physical force.
• PSYCHOLOGICAL FREEDOM

  also called as freedom of choice. The person is free to perform actions that he consider as the right and wise. An innate and cannot be denied a person
• MORAL FREEDOM

  refers to freedom in manners that upholds human dignity and goodness. Freedom is not an object that a person may use in whatever way he pleases
• Voluntariness

  refers to the ability of a person to act out of his or her own free will and self-determination. This means that a person may decide to act or not, and these decisions are made out of his or her own free will. Voluntariness also means that a person may act even if he or she is not required or called to take action. Voluntary acts are free acts which can be assigned a corresponding moral value.
• Responsibility

  refers to the person being accountable for his or her actions and their consequences. Taking responsibility can either mean a person will voluntarily taking responsibility for his or her own actions, or being held responsible by other people. Whenever we decide to take action, this results in a certain consequence. All human actions have consequences of his or her action and take responsibility for them.
• Accountability

  refers to our deservingness of blame or praise (punishment or reward) for the actions that we perform. It is a natural result of our intelligence and freedom, or of our capacities to know and choose
• freedom come from:

  self determination

  exercise of intellect

  free will
• kinds of freedom:

  Physical freedom

  psychological freedom

  moral freedom
• two elements that define freedom:

  voluntariness

  responsiblity

  accountability