Freedom or Liberty is a social and politicalconcept 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.
Positive Liberty is from person taking control of his or her own life and fulfilling one’s potential
Negative Liberty is from external restraint, barriers, and otherinterferences from other people
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.
Two Types of Rights: Natural and Legal
Natural Rights which are innate in the person
Legal Rights based on society’s customs and laws and are enacted by legislation and enforced by government
Philosophers relate human freedom to the concept of human agency, which refers to the capacity of a person to act and exert control over his or her behavior.
Human freedom is expressed in two ways: free will and free action
Free Will is the capacity to choose different set of options or
Free Action is the capacity to act upon a decision or a
Can prevent us from excercising our freedom: Constraints on free actions and Constraints on free will
Constraints of 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, Coercionagainstone'swill
Determinism is a philosophical view that believes that every event in the world is brought about by underlying causes or factors.
We can effectively exercise freedom in our life by Concept of moral responsibility, Free will, Control and regulation, Our interactions with other people in society
Concept of moral responsibility refers to a person’s status of deserving praise and reward, or blame and punishment for an action.
Free will is necessary.
Control and regulation are necessary elements in the responsible exercise of freedom.
Our interactions with other people in society is also an important influence in the proper exercise of freedom.
Facultiesmodel is that we have the free will to act because we have mental faculties that includes rationality
Hierarchical Model is that free will is viewed as a step by step process in achieving our wants
Reason-responseview is that we have the free will to act upon base on reason whether we do things or not to do things
3 Concept of Liberty: Liberalism, Libertarianism, and Socialism