Philo11-L7

• Freedom/Liberty


  • Social and political concept which has great significance in how people participate in society
  • Freedom of an individual from oppression, compulsion, or coercion from other persons, an authority figure or from society itself
• Political philosophies related to freedom

  • Liberalism
  • Libertarianism
  • Socialism
• Types of rights


  • Natural rights
  • Legal rights
• Human freedom


  • Capacity of a person to act and exert control over his or her behavior
  • Expressed through free will and free action
• Constraints on free actions

  • Prohibitions
  • Laws
  • Other social controls imposed
  • Disability/sickness
  • Coercion exerted by another person
  • Weather, poverty, or accidents
• Constraints on free will

  • Manipulation
  • Brainwashing
  • Coercion against one's will
• Determinism


  Philosophical view that every event in the world is brought about by underlying causes or factors
• Exercising freedom effectively

  • Concept of moral responsibility
  • Free will is necessary
  • Control and regulation are necessary
  • Interactions with other people in society
• negative liberty 


  From external restraint, barriers, and other interferences from other people - do whatever you want - random freedom
• positive liberty


  From person taking control of his or her own life and fulfilling one's potential - needs someone`s help to fulfill one`s dream / need people in life to fulfill their dreams
• liberalism 


  upholds the preservation of individual rights and stresses the role of the government protecting these civil liberties.
• libertarianism 


  believes that the individual, not the government, is the best judge in upholding and exercising rights.
• socialism 


  considers freedom as a freedom to acquire economic resources and the ability to work and act according to one’s desire.
• Free will - capacity to choose from different options
• Free actions- capacity to perform an action without obstacles
• Moral responsibility- person’s status for receiving punishment or rewards based on their action
• Free will - always necessary
• Control and regulation - you need to control your freedom bcs if you don’t you might be endanger
• Interactions - influence our manner in using freedom
• Natural rights - rights that are inherent or innate in a person
• Legal rights - freedom based on society’s customs and laws
• 3 models in expressing freedom

  faculties model, hierarchical model, reasons-responsive view
• faculties model - mental faculty because we have brain and rationality to think
• Hierarchical model - we need ways or step by step process in order for us to obtain our wants and needs
• reasons- responsive view - freedom to reason out and respond based on the reason