Freedom

The Art of Being Human , 7/e Chapter 16 – FREEDOM PowerPoint by Julie Rodakowski

The view that we are limited in our choices and that freedom isn’t always a reality, even for Americans whose circumstances may often be “ determined” by things beyond their control. DETERMINISM—the deterrent to freedom

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The view that we do have the possibility of freedom, that “free will” is, indeed, a possibility. LIBERTARIANISM—the possibility for freedom

Wondered if free will was always a good thing, suggesting that sometimes people are forced to act because they have free will and that the results are not always positive. Suggested that the world is a random collection of chance happenings because of unpredictable acts of people who are indecisive about what they are going to do. These people then experience regret or relief depending upon the results of those actions. ,[object Object],[object Object]

Suggested that through psychoanalysis, we can free our minds and thus become free to act as we wish, instead of acting under the control of something repressed in our subconscious . ,[object Object]

(RELIGIOUS EXISTENTIALISM) Maintained that we are free to believe or not believe as we choose, but once having committed ourselves to a faith, we must abide by it or face the bleak possibility that life is without meaning. (SECULAR EXISTENTIALISM) Believed that no god exists, that we are instead free to do whatever we choose, but we must also accept the consequences for the actions. We are, thus, “doomed to freedom” and we suffer “anguish” because of it. ,[object Object],[object Object]

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