ethics

1. FREEDOM & MORAL ACTS
ETHICS – MODULE 2, LESSON 1

2. Content
a. The Foundation of Moral Act
b. Freedom and Free will
c. Human Act vs. Acts of Human

3. The Foundation of Moral Act
Freedom as the foundation of Moral Act
According to Immanuel Kant we can make sense of
moral appraisal and responsibility only by thinking
about human freedom.
Good moral actions make us freer; bad moral
actions make us a slave to our sin.

4. Freedom and Free will
FREEDOM
According to Oxford Languages, Freedom
is the power or right to act, speak or think
as one wants without hindrance or
restraint.
a measure or condition that keeps someone or something
under control or within limits.

5. QUESTION
Since Freedom is the power or right to
act, speak or think as one wants without
hindrance or restraint, does it mean
that FREEDOM is NOT bounded with
rules?
To help us analyze this question, let us
take a look at the scenario in the next
slide.

6. SCENARIO 1:
Suppose there exists a
city NOT bounded
with RULES. Can you
roam around freely in
that City? Can you
exercise your
FREEDOM in that
City?

7. QUESTION
Is FREEDOM NOT bounded with rules?

8. FREE WILL
According to Oxford Languages, Free will is the
idea that we are able to have some choice on
how we act and assumes that we are free to
choose our behavior.

9. Human Act vs Acts of Human

10. Human Acts
Human acts are actions done intentionally, free
and deliberate of a person.
These are actions that a man properly master
for he does them with full knowledge of his own
will.
All human act are subjected to morality.

11. Acts of Human
Natural involuntary actions.
Acts of person without the proper use of
reason.
Actions which are performed without the
intervention of the intellect and the free will.

12. Jumping into river to
save a person
drowning without
knowing to swim/not.
Determine if it is ‘Human Act’ or ‘Acts of
Human’

13. Jumping into river to
save a person
drowning without
knowing to swim/not.
Determine if it is ‘Human Act’ or ‘Acts of
Human’
 ACTS OF HUMAN

14. Determine if it is ‘Human Act’ or ‘Acts of
Human’
Before jumping
into river, he
judges his ability
to swim and save.
If not, asks right
person to do it.

15. Determine if it is ‘Human Act’ or ‘Acts of
Human’
Before jumping
into river, he
judges his ability
to swim and save.
If not, asks right
person to do it.
 HUMAN ACT