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    Let Us Deepen The Concept of Situated Freedom!

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    The document discusses Merleau-Ponty's view that experience is better than intellect for acquiring knowledge. It argues that through experiences from childhood onward, we collect moral values that unconsciously guide our choices. It claims that living with high moral values allows us to live more authentically by practicing our freedom to choose good over evil. There are two kinds of freedom: choice freedom which refers to daily choices, and fundamental option which reflects our core values and orientation in life. Ultimately, our freedom comes from being made in God's image and our choices each day shape the type of life we live.

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    The document discusses Merleau-Ponty's view that experience is better than intellect for acquiring knowledge. It argues that through experiences from childhood onward, we collect moral values that unconsciously guide our choices. It claims that living with high moral values allows us to live more authentically by practicing our freedom to choose good over evil. There are two kinds of freedom: choice freedom which refers to daily choices, and fundamental option which reflects our core values and orientation in life. Ultimately, our freedom comes from being made in God's image and our choices each day shape the type of life we live.

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    The document discusses Merleau-Ponty's view that experience is better than intellect for acquiring knowledge. It argues that through experiences from childhood onward, we collect moral values that unconsciously guide our choices. It claims that living with high moral values allows us to live more authentically by practicing our freedom to choose good over evil. There are two kinds of freedom: choice freedom which refers to daily choices, and fundamental option which reflects our core values and orientation in life. Ultimately, our freedom comes from being made in God's image and our choices each day shape the type of life we live.

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    Let Us Deepen The Concept of Situated Freedom!

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    The document discusses Merleau-Ponty's view that experience is better than intellect for acquiring knowledge. It argues that through experiences from childhood onward, we collect moral values that unconsciously guide our choices. It claims that living with high moral values allows us to live more authentically by practicing our freedom to choose good over evil. There are two kinds of freedom: choice freedom which refers to daily choices, and fundamental option which reflects our core values and orientation in life. Ultimately, our freedom comes from being made in God's image and our choices each day shape the type of life we live.

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    The passage discusses Merleau-Ponty's view of experience and freedom as interwoven with our situations and choices. It also talks about acquiring moral values through experiences from childhood.

    The two kinds of freedom discussed are the freedom of choice (horizontal freedom) and the fundamental option (vertical freedom).

    One's level of generosity may vary depending on their moral standards. Having a high moral standard would mean being more generous.

    Let us deepen the concept of situated

    freedom!

    EEDOM OF THE
    HUMAN PERSON
    Being known as one of the great thinkers in the area of phenomenology, for
    Merleau-Ponty, experience is way better than our intellect in terms of
    acquiring knowledge. In every choice we make, we try to be analytic but still
    experience can be the best key. Through experiences, from childhood up to
    now, we are able to collect values – not just a simple family value, but a high

    moral standard of value.


    When we’re kids, our parents taught us to say “po” and “opo” as a sign
    of respect to our elders. That simple gesture connotes a high moral value,
    and unconsciously that value is confined within us as we grow older. And I
    strongly believe that as long as we live with a high moral value, we live
    more authentically – practicing our freedom to choose good over evil.To
    deepen more the concept of situated freedom, here is an excerpt from
    Rommel Gersava’s article entitled Freedom, and I quote – “He
    (Merleau_x0002_Ponty) states that „freedom is interwoven with the field
    of existences. Our choices are not made from absolute zero but from this
    field of meaning‟. It means that we choose something not simply because
    we need to choose but we choose something because it has meaning to
    us. Man‟s freedom is always affected by situation. We are free to choose
    based on what situation we belong in which we find meaning for
    ourselves.”
    Two Kinds of Freedom
    There are two kinds of freedom:
    1. The freedom of choice (horizontal freedom)- The freedom of choice is
    our basic and particular choices we made every day in our lives.
    2. The fundamental option (vertical freedom). The fundamental option
    is our general direction or orientation in life that reflects our values in
    life. It is vertical freedom because it is a hierarchy that some values are
    higher than the others.
    “it is Love which makes me a Person, which makes me truly
    Free.”
    Indeed, Love is the highest moral value of all. When our choices are
    rooted from love and compassion, then all the decisions we make are
    good and nothing but pure goodness. There is total freedom if there is
    love as the saying goes, “if you Love someone set it Free.” Freedom makes
    us truly human. Our freedom comes from the IMAGO DEI. Our freedom is
    an everyday spontaneous choice which is absolute. But most of all, our
    freedom is manifested from the choices we make every single day. Reflect
    and look at yourself – set a high standard of moral value, and you shall be
    free, living an authentic way of life.
    Few things you need to remember:
    1. Your choice defines your worth.
    a. If you choose to be good, then your life is worth living
    2. Do not ignore small details in your life
    b. There are times that you tend to ignore instances that may develop
    your moral standards
    c. Example, exercising your freedom towards religion, exercising your
    social responsibilities, etc.
    3. Do not suppress your freedom.
    d. You always have a choice. Sometimes you neglect your existence
    through non-existent act, that’s why you tend to not decide about
    things on your own.
    4. Lastly, you are RESPONSIBLE to your actions and ACCOUNTABLE to your
    CHOICES.
    e. You create your own life story. Your choices, your actions, and your
    decisions are yours alone. It is up to you if you want to live an authentic
    life.
    Our decisions every single day depends on these two.To easily
    understand this, let’s have an example. GENEROSITY. There are lots of ways
    to be generous. We have a freedom of choice to exercise generosity each
    day: making lunch for the family, contributing funds for the school, etc.
    Now, that horizontal choice can be levelled up with the idea of the
    fundamental option. Yes, you can be generous, but how generous are you?
    Your level of generosity may vary because of your MORAL STANDARDS.
    Live as free people, but do not use your
    freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s
    slaves

    1 Peter 2:16

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