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European Trip
Fun but impractical
4-yr Scholarship
Best choice. It is long term and useful.
In choosing which prize to get, you have
already exercised your freedom to make
decisions.
HOWEVER,
NEGATIVE FREEDOM
-Freedom from interference or restrictions
- Freedom from control by others
POSITIVE FREEDOM
- Freedom to control oneself
- to be one’s own master
- Man is positively free only when the higher
self is in command
FREEDOM AND CONSCIOUS
SELF - AWARENESS
SELF-AWARENESS
- knowledge of one’s own existence and
one’s environment.
- “knowing that you know”
-Determines whether a particular being is
free or not.
- It is what separates us from animals.
SELF - AWARENESS
Due to self awareness
• We are aware that we are aware of
something
• We are able to judge if our choices
are good or bad, advantageous or
disadvantageous.
SELF - AWARENESS
Without self awareness
• We would not recognize the value of
our decisions
• We will be consigned to an existence
that is fully determined by our
environment
• We would not feel remorse for our
failures.
• We would not hope for future
ambitions.
SELF - AWARENESS
Importance to Human Freedom
• Self awareness gives us the capacity
to imagine possibilities and
alternatives to our present conditions