Human Freedom
Cards (58)
- Human Freedom is the power and ability to "_, _, _," our own actions
- Freedom is of divine origin; it is _, _, _. It attains perfection if directed towards God.
- “The more one does what is _, the _ one becomes.” CCC 1733
- “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
- “When God, in the beginning, created man, he made him subject to his own free choice. If you chose you can keep the commandments; it is loyalty to do his will.”
- is neither merely doing what we can or want, nor is it a right to say and do anything. It is the power to do good.
- ignorance, disorder, uncontrolled passions, fears, personality defects, etc.
- dominance, oppression, violence
- “__ the slavery of sin and __ growing as full persons/human and children of God.”
- The right to choose between choices.
- Being free from restraints that hinder physical movement such as chains or imprisonment.
- Innate in every person but can be impaired or even lost by the use drugs and other forms of harm
- Both a task and a process It is a task to do what is good; it is a process of growth to become more human and God-like.
- Freedom makes us _ for our actions.
- Hence every act directly willed by a person is _ (charged) to him/he
- How we use our freedom determines if we will grow in _ or if we will _.
- If we exercise our freedom responsibly, we become more _ and _.
- “_ shape our lives.”
- Responsible application of Freedom must be exercised in all kinds of relationships. All owe to each other this duty of _.
- Responsibility for an action may be decreased or even nullified by factors that affect the judgment of an individual such as _, _, _, _, inordinate attachments, and other psychological or social factors.
- "Do unto others what you would _ _ _ _ _ _.”
- MISCONCEPTION OF CONSCIENCE
- with + knowledge
- Conscience is popularly understood as that "_ _ _" (tinig ng budhi) which tells us whether we have done right or wrong
- “It is our secret _ and _ where we are alone with God.”
- Conscience which discerns (before the act) Ante - before & Cedere - go
- Conscience in action (during the act) Con - with or together & Comitari - (comes) companion
- Conscience which reviews, evaluates an action which has already been done. (After the act) Con - with or together & Sequi - to follow
- refers to the person’s norm of judging moral good or evil. Simply means that an individual’s conscience is his or hers and no one else’s
- this means that our conscience, while intimately ours, is formed by the universal values and norms we learn from others. We are all persons-in-community.
- judges what is good as good and what is evil as evil. this conscience corresponds to objective moral values and precepts.
- mistakenly judges something evil to be good or something good to be evil. an erroneous conscience whose error is due to the neglect or malice is called culpable conscience.
- passes judgment about the goodness and evilness of an act without fear of committing an error.
- cannot decide if an act is good and to be done or evil and to be avoided. When in doubt, one must refrain from acting and resolve the doubt first.
- when confronted with two alternatives, fears sin in whatever choice. Thus, before acting, one must determine the goodness or evilness of an act itself, purpose, and circumstance.
- extremely afraid of committing evil. In fear of sin when there is none, or in fear of mortal sin when there is an only venial sin.
- judges more by convenience than by God’s law and leads a person to easily commit sin. everything is judged carelessly, without thought of the consequences or the offense to God.
- An act is judged as good if it is rewarded, and judged as evil if it is punished. focus only on the avoidance of punishment or the attainment of rewards
- A person begins to realize that the goodness or evilness of an act does not depend on the approval of others or the prospect of a reward or punishment. This is about authentic identity and character
- Our moral judgment will somehow reflect our deep, personal, and mature faith in Jesus Christ. Judge an act to be good or evil based on the teachings, life, and perfect example of Christ. Bringing moral discernment into prayer.