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The idea that God provides beneficial help and care for you throughout your life. This also restricts human freedom, like predestination.

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With the understanding that freedom in our actions exist, we must always recognize the uniqueness of each person's "good." Each time we interact with a face in our life, we must treat it like we are meeting God. Most importantly, we must recognize that God is infinite and only traces of him can be found in us. When

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The Catholic perspective on freedom,. is that it is present in every action that an individual take. Although the influences of genetics and the environment are acknowledged, the mind-brain distinction still justifies holding an individual responsible for their actions. This can be done morally, through the use of the conceptual framework of action.

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In the section "Freedom: The Amazing Capacity to Act," the text describes the free will that humans have in making decisions, as well as their capacity to act: "Freedom is the human potential, the capacity, the power to act." Both can be measured using the conceptual framework of action: "In order to understand human action, action theory has devised what the philosopher Paul Ricoeur has called a conceptual framework of action." This frame work of action helps us to determine what is morally just, therefore enabling us to use our human free will responsibly throughout our lives. Therefore, this text supports the concept of human responsibility and alsoprovides ways in which we can use that freedom responsibly.

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There are many instances in the Bible, from which the concept of human freedom can be derived. "Then God said: 'Let us+ make man in our image...'" (Genesis 1:26). In this passage, since humans are made in the image of God, some of His characteristics have been reflected in us. One of these is Free will.  Another example of free will in the Bible is Isaiah 48:18: "If only you would pay attention to my commandments!+" This passage shows God's regret in giving us free will, because of the fact that we have turned away from him. Both passages prove that the Bible supports freedom in human actions, therefore it supports ethics and justice also. Because of this free will, the Bible calls us to be morally just and righteous. Two examples of this are the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17) and the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12). Thes passages call on us to live a just life, just like God intended.

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Since freedom does not exist in our society we should choose to either: acquit everyone from responsibility for their actions, or hold everyone responsible anyway. The first option includes doing things like: releasing prisoners, and abolishing the justice system. The second option is to continue as normal, except acknowledging the fact that circumstances, like genetics and environment, are the actual criminals in our society. Equality should also be sought after, as any deviation from the mean is caused by circumstance

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In life we should always seek to do our duty without expecting a reward. This "good will" can be achieved by following Moral Maxims, or universal values. These values are anything that, when done by all of humanity, would help us to do our duty. Finally, we should consider what a person wants,or needs, before we use them to seek our own gain. By doing this we can successfully do our duty

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With our freedom, we should seek to function as we were meant to be. This can be done by developing virtues, which show human excellence. These virtues then can be applied to other ideas like, The Mean. The mean is maintaining moderation in whatever you do, for example being moderately polite. This helps us achieve excellence because the excess or the lack of something is always harmful. Being too polite, and being rude, both make you less respected.

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Asking these questions will help you determine the ethical goodness in an action:
Who is acting?
What is the action?
Why did they act?
How did they act?
Under what circumstances did they act?
Who did they affect?
And, what was the result?
Always asking these when observing other actions, will help you to make moral decisions

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The Catholic Church teaches that since people are responsible for their actions, they must try to their fullest extent to make good and ethical decisions. One way to do this is to use the Conceptual framework of Action. This method focuses on the object (consequences in an action, the intent, and the circumstances.

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There are many examples in the teachings of the church, where the idea of human freedom is supported. "God created man a rational being, conferring on him the dignity of a person who can initiate and control his own actions. "God willed that man should be 'left in the hand of his own counsel,' so that he might of his own accord seek his Creator and freely attain his full and blessed perfection by cleaving to him." (CCC:1730) this paragraph describes the biblical roots to the concept of freedom. Another example of this is: "Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility. By free will one shapes one's own life. Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God, our beatitude." In this paragraph (CCC:1731) the Catechism directly reveals its support for the concept of human freedom. The Catechism also provides advice on how to use this freedom: "The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to 'the slavery of sin.' Freedom makes man responsible for his acts to the extent that they are voluntary. Progress in virtue, knowledge of the good, and ascesis enhance the mastery of the will over its acts." (CCC:1733-1734) Both passages provide advice on how to remain moral in our actions, by remaining "...in the service of what is good and just." By showing the support for human freedom, and the need to use it responsibly, the Catechism implies that there is a need for a systematic solution to search for the good: ethics. By saying this, the text affirms the idea of freedom being essential in ethics, as free will is why ethics is actually needed.

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The Church considers everyone to be responsible for their actions. This is justified through the mind-brain distinction. Naturalism stems from the idea that simple human impulses from the physical brain are what cause actions. Catholics believe that our consciousness is beyond only the physical brain. Instead it lies in something called the "mind" where there is room for you to form true intention in your actions through free will.

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This is the belief that all events in your life are planned out by a separate entity, usually God, therefore you are not to blame for your actions.

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When someone is considered to be fully responsible for all their actions, they are known to have free will. Some believe that human being are not to be held responsible for their own actions, instead Genetics and environment that influenced their actions are to blame. This type of belief in empirical causes leading to observable results is called Naturalism.

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Ethics is the study of the "goodness" present in Human Beings. Freedom in ethics is the ability to act or to become an agent.  In ethics if you become an agent, the consequences of that action are yours. This is called responsibility. Based on your perspective, ethics many not be possible in your mind, due to this concept.

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How is one’s freedom an essential characteristic of ethics?

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How is one’s freedom an essential characteristic of ethics?

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How does this understanding of freedom impact your life?

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How does this understanding of freedom impact your life?

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Freedom, and ethics are both illusions. We can only be certain of the existence of concepts, that we can empirically test. Genetics and the environment are the only reasons for human actions. Because of their influence responsibility cannot be put upon an individual simply based on circumstance.

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In the ethics of the face, the "other" or the unique piece of good present in us all, make us responsible of our actions. This is done though our interaction with the face. Without freedom, this responsibility would not happen. This is because our actions could not be verified as ours, therefore the interaction with the other would be meaningless, no matter what response an individual shows after the interaction. As a result of this we would never feel the trace of God that was left behind in us: the Good.

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For Dentological Ethics to exist, there must be free will in every human action. In this form of ethics, the goal of every individual is to perform their duty simply because it is their duty. These morally correct actions would then help us reach the "supreme good", in our infinite life after death. If all our actions were not ours, and we did not show "good will"--the intention to do our duty without reward--then we could never achieve the supreme good. Therefore Dentological ethics would not exist.

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In teleological ethics, your goal in life is to achieve your purpose in society: function as a member. This leads you to happiness. The main way to achieve this happiness is to use the intelligence you have to develop good character. If you did not have the freedom to use your intelligence through "rationality" then there is no basis to teleological ethics. This is because there is no distinction between good and bad actions, and human excellence would not exist.