FREEDOM MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFREREN PEOPLE. the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints FREEDOM is self-determinance; it is the condition of minimal constraint. Naturally, in a society or communityfreedom and constraints are formalized by a very long written agreement between individuals.
Freedom is a perception that we, as humans, associate with the sense of being able to make choices with or without consequences. As humans, we have the ability to communicate amongst ourselves and establish boundaries so that no others may step to close. Having this ability allows for us to argue and say that “God” gives us our freedoms, while others say that it is just “human right” to be free. Again, freedom is a perception that has many different viewpoints. Free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom from slavery, the list can just go on.
Freedom means to have control of ones self. Being able to makes your own choices in life and speak what's on your mind with out consequence. It's hard to believe that we have freedom. Are we truely free? I think are freedom is limited to what the government wants us to think. Example: We are suppost to have freedom of speech but if we say something that someone doesn't like or doesn't agree with more then likely what ever position we hold will be lost. We are given some crazy excuse of why we are not fit for the position after we said what was on our mind. I believe no one is truely free.
Freedom is the opposite of dependence. Because when you depend upon others, you give them power over you. The more you can do without relying on other people to do it for you, the freer you are. While it is extremely difficult to be completely free, it is possible to see how some people are freer than others. For instance, a person who can grow their own food (or raise their own livestock), in a garden or on a farm, is less dependent upon the grocery, less forced to adapt to the changing price of food and the cost of transporting it. A wealthy person is freer than a wage-earner. He/she can set his/her own hours, or do no work, or choose only to do what work he prefers to do, when he/she prefers to do it, while the wage-earner must consistently meet the demands of his/her employers. A self-sufficient person is freer than a person who depends upon government assistance, because the government can (and does) force its dependents to jump through all sorts of hoops and modify their lifestyles to meet the government's arbitrary decisions about how that person should live their lives.
Everyone has their own view on freedom, with these ideas arrive the question, are we free at all and if so what interferes with our freedoms? I believe in life we develop a character through past experiences and teachings. When making decisions we are influenced by our own ideas or character, but we still have free will to go against those ideas if we chose to do so. I personally am a smoker. Society looks down on smokers and my decision to smoke cigarettes kills me slowly every day. Now, with obvious outside influences and my own ideas of health I still chose to smoke. Some people might argue that this is because I am addicted to the cigarettes. I would have to counter with I could get rid of this addiction by exercising free will and deciding to quit. Although quitting would not be easy it is possible. In essence I am free to do as I please regardless of the consequence. When speaking of physical freedoms there are many obstacles that arise. Suppose a man wants to fly but because men do not have wings, he is not physically able. Now if said man uses his brain and has a lot of determination he can come up with a way to soar above the earth and into the clouds (EX: Wright Brothers). Although, I like the views of existentialism I am a realist. I do believe that sometimes there are barriers that get in our way in our pursuit of freedom. People can be in physical or mental confinement but even in prisons and jails there have been people that have prevailed. In history we have seen many men escape the toughest prisons with intelligence, hard work and a lot of balls. So are we free at all. I am and I love every minute of it. What interfere with my freedom? I am my own obstacle, but I’m advancing in this obstacle course of life every day.
Freedom to me is defined as the ability to do whatever I want to. In this life I am free to do as I please but understand there may be consequences to my chosen actions. The state of being free in my eyes is the absence of being confined or restrained. Freedom is liberation from things that I find constraining which may or may not be accomplished. With that said I also realize that my choices cannot infringe on anyone else’s freedoms. Many people view freedom in several different categories such as; freedom of speech, freedom or assembly, freedom of political views etc. These are all different types of freedom but encompass the same meaning enabling humans to act independently of social, economical and political restraints. Our founding fathers viewed freedom as the absence of government persuasion. This ideology is what the United States of America was founded on and continues today making the United States the most sought out country in the world. The coining term, “The American Dream” is based on our ability to be free from government coercion. I am grateful for those founding fathers determination in making this country the land of the free
What is freedom? Defend position. Bethany Henry-Dicken
Choice. True choice. A choice that is not one given as a standard option from an outside source or control, but rather, one that manifests through an individuals own thoughts, without restriction. Freedom is the option of creating your own choices and acting upon your own ideas. For example, if Mr. X says, “Well sonny, you may choose to go left or right.” This, I cannot justify as freedom. What if you wanted to go up? Or what if you wanted to dig a hole and go down? For left and right, surely are not the only options, merely the only choices presented as an option. Therefore, I find, that situations like this do not accurately define freedom. Granted, you have the freedom to choose which way to go, but can this be true freedom if not all options are present? A child goes into the pediatricians’ office. The child needs a vaccine. The doctor gives the child the freedom to choose which cheek of buttocks in which to instill the shot, “Left or right side?” But is this really a freedom? For if the child were to exclaim, “Neither!” Surely they would restrain the little one until they had successfully injected them. America as an institution and culture, prides itself in it’s “liberties” and “freedoms”. Unfortunately, I believe that when the Constitution for the United States was written, that not everyone had openly agreed on the definition of free, or they simply had not taken the time to encompass it’s meaning in writing and to the public. So, here are the Americans’, “free as a bluebird” is often how they are thought. Though, in context, one may notice how the modern American citizen is in quite a similar situation as the child in the Doctor’s office. We [Americans] may buy homes, attain jobs, own pets, and even alter our own bodies to as extreme an extent as we please. Surely this is freedom, right? This freedom façade is nothing more than a system of increasingly restricted options. If we as humans were truly free, we would be easily permitted to walk outside in the nude, park our cars on the sidewalk, and do just about anything our human minds could fathom. Though, since many citizens of the world live under a prohibition of some sort, and are not even allowed to stand in front of an open window of their home showing off everything evolution gave them, these people are not free. Yes, even in the land of tootsie pops and generic wholesale, noone is truly free. So, what is freedom? Is it the fact that as a human one has the ability to do one thing as opposed to another? Or must freedom be an all encompassing and conscious choice, to be rightly called freedom? When it boils down to cold, scientific, dictionary definition, freedom is nothing more than a myth. We simply use the word to fit around our stout rules and crisp judgments. Freedom is a word used to lead people to believe they have choices, without actually presenting all of them. Freedom is a method of fooling people. America! Home of the semi-free, and some of us are brave, too.
freedom is the right to express your self in a non violent way without causing danger or harm to anyone. also gives you the right to think what you want and to say what ever comes to you mind.
My own definition of freedom is when a person is given the opportunity to act, say, and express what they want, without consequences and repercussion for their actions. Many countries around the world don’t have the opportunity to experience freedom like we do hear in the United State. Like for an example in Saudi Arabia, Islam is the official religion and the practice of any other religion prohibited. Hear in the United States we are so very lucky for what freedoms we do have. Anyone of any faith can walk outside and openly practice their religion without fear of the repercussion.
Defining freedom is tricky and it’s easy to make contradictory statements while doing so. But I suppose freedom is the ability to do and think whatever you wish with no suppression. Its being able to make your actions through your own thought and not be restricted in anyway from an outside source. Freedom is a concept that we all think we have but doesn’t really, truly, exist anywhere. For instance, America is known for its freedom and such and yet you can’t smoke near public places, teens can’t be out past curfews, you can’t drink alcohol or smoke or drive until a certain age, drugs are illegal all together-you are not allowed to do anything with them at all, when driving you can’t go past a certain speed, you have to wear a seatbelt, you can’t take things that aren’t yours, you can’t hurt other people, you can’t be too loud at night (or you disrupt the peace), you aren’t allowed to see certain movies as a child, and I could go on and on. But necessarily, this is considered free when you put these laws in scope to other countries such as communist ones. This is considered freedom because it doesn’t have a true form.
So, freedom doesn’t truly exist. Why? Well, because if it did there would be partial cultural anarchy. If you were free to do whatever you want, what would be the first thing you’d do? Something formerly illegal (probably, I know I probably would), something you weren’t able to do before. Anarchy is most likely the case, unless we have an entire population with good morals and the ability to not want power, money, and that don’t have materialistic, manipulative, personalities. Which, there are a few people like this who would happen to be fine with freedom but the rest, I’m afraid, would completely destroy each other with absolute freedom.
As a civilization, everything we do contradicts true freedom. We set up regulations for nearly everything we do. What we believe in. All religions that I can think of at the top of my head have rule after rule on how to live. Freedom isn’t human. It’s animal, it’s bestial.
So, precisely, freedom is an illusion, something some believe they have others know they don’t have it; it is being able to think AND do AND be whatever you want with no consequence and no judgment. It’s not really there.
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FREEDOM MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFREREN PEOPLE. the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints FREEDOM is self-determinance; it is the condition of minimal constraint. Naturally, in a society or communityfreedom and constraints are formalized by a very long written agreement between individuals.
Freedom is a perception that we, as humans, associate with the sense of being able to make choices with or without consequences. As humans, we have the ability to communicate amongst ourselves and establish boundaries so that no others may step to close. Having this ability allows for us to argue and say that “God” gives us our freedoms, while others say that it is just “human right” to be free. Again, freedom is a perception that has many different viewpoints. Free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom from slavery, the list can just go on.
Freedom means to have control of ones self. Being able to makes your own choices in life and speak what's on your mind with out consequence. It's hard to believe that we have freedom. Are we truely free? I think are freedom is limited to what the government wants us to think. Example: We are suppost to have freedom of speech but if we say something that someone doesn't like or doesn't agree with more then likely what ever position we hold will be lost. We are given some crazy excuse of why we are not fit for the position after we said what was on our mind. I believe no one is truely free.
Yoseline Castillo
PHI-101
Freedom is the opposite of dependence. Because when you depend upon others, you give them power over you. The more you can do without relying on other people to do it for you, the freer you are.
While it is extremely difficult to be completely free, it is possible to see how some people are freer than others. For instance, a person who can grow their own food (or raise their own livestock), in a garden or on a farm, is less dependent upon the grocery, less forced to adapt to the changing price of food and the cost of transporting it. A wealthy person is freer than a wage-earner. He/she can set his/her own hours, or do no work, or choose only to do what work he prefers to do, when he/she prefers to do it, while the wage-earner must consistently meet the demands of his/her employers. A self-sufficient person is freer than a person who depends upon government assistance, because the government can (and does) force its dependents to jump through all sorts of hoops and modify their lifestyles to meet the government's arbitrary decisions about how that person should live their lives.
Everyone has their own view on freedom, with these ideas arrive the question, are we free at all and if so what interferes with our freedoms? I believe in life we develop a character through past experiences and teachings. When making decisions we are influenced by our own ideas or character, but we still have free will to go against those ideas if we chose to do so.
I personally am a smoker. Society looks down on smokers and my decision to smoke cigarettes kills me slowly every day. Now, with obvious outside influences and my own ideas of health I still chose to smoke. Some people might argue that this is because I am addicted to the cigarettes. I would have to counter with I could get rid of this addiction by exercising free will and deciding to quit. Although quitting would not be easy it is possible. In essence I am free to do as I please regardless of the consequence.
When speaking of physical freedoms there are many obstacles that arise. Suppose a man wants to fly but because men do not have wings, he is not physically able. Now if said man uses his brain and has a lot of determination he can come up with a way to soar above the earth and into the clouds (EX: Wright Brothers).
Although, I like the views of existentialism I am a realist. I do believe that sometimes there are barriers that get in our way in our pursuit of freedom. People can be in physical or mental confinement but even in prisons and jails there have been people that have prevailed. In history we have seen many men escape the toughest prisons with intelligence, hard work and a lot of balls.
So are we free at all. I am and I love every minute of it. What interfere with my freedom? I am my own obstacle, but I’m advancing in this obstacle course of life every day.
Tareney Frank
PHI 101
Freedom to me is defined as the ability to do whatever I want to. In this life I am free to do as I please but understand there may be consequences to my chosen actions. The state of being free in my eyes is the absence of being confined or restrained. Freedom is liberation from things that I find constraining which may or may not be accomplished. With that said I also realize that my choices cannot infringe on anyone else’s freedoms. Many people view freedom in several different categories such as; freedom of speech, freedom or assembly, freedom of political views etc. These are all different types of freedom but encompass the same meaning enabling humans to act independently of social, economical and political restraints. Our founding fathers viewed freedom as the absence of government persuasion. This ideology is what the United States of America was founded on and continues today making the United States the most sought out country in the world. The coining term, “The American Dream” is based on our ability to be free from government coercion. I am grateful for those founding fathers determination in making this country the land of the free
What is freedom? Defend position.
Bethany Henry-Dicken
Choice. True choice. A choice that is not one given as a standard option from an outside source or control, but rather, one that manifests through an individuals own thoughts, without restriction. Freedom is the option of creating your own choices and acting upon your own ideas. For example, if Mr. X says, “Well sonny, you may choose to go left or right.” This, I cannot justify as freedom. What if you wanted to go up? Or what if you wanted to dig a hole and go down? For left and right, surely are not the only options, merely the only choices presented as an option. Therefore, I find, that situations like this do not accurately define freedom. Granted, you have the freedom to choose which way to go, but can this be true freedom if not all options are present?
A child goes into the pediatricians’ office. The child needs a vaccine. The doctor gives the child the freedom to choose which cheek of buttocks in which to instill the shot, “Left or right side?” But is this really a freedom? For if the child were to exclaim, “Neither!” Surely they would restrain the little one until they had successfully injected them.
America as an institution and culture, prides itself in it’s “liberties” and “freedoms”. Unfortunately, I believe that when the Constitution for the United States was written, that not everyone had openly agreed on the definition of free, or they simply had not taken the time to encompass it’s meaning in writing and to the public. So, here are the Americans’, “free as a bluebird” is often how they are thought. Though, in context, one may notice how the modern American citizen is in quite a similar situation as the child in the Doctor’s office. We [Americans] may buy homes, attain jobs, own pets, and even alter our own bodies to as extreme an extent as we please. Surely this is freedom, right? This freedom façade is nothing more than a system of increasingly restricted options. If we as humans were truly free, we would be easily permitted to walk outside in the nude, park our cars on the sidewalk, and do just about anything our human minds could fathom. Though, since many citizens of the world live under a prohibition of some sort, and are not even allowed to stand in front of an open window of their home showing off everything evolution gave them, these people are not free. Yes, even in the land of tootsie pops and generic wholesale, noone is truly free.
So, what is freedom? Is it the fact that as a human one has the ability to do one thing as opposed to another? Or must freedom be an all encompassing and conscious choice, to be rightly called freedom? When it boils down to cold, scientific, dictionary definition, freedom is nothing more than a myth. We simply use the word to fit around our stout rules and crisp judgments. Freedom is a word used to lead people to believe they have choices, without actually presenting all of them. Freedom is a method of fooling people. America! Home of the semi-free, and some of us are brave, too.
nathalie
freedom is the right to express your self in a non violent way without causing danger or harm to anyone. also gives you the right to think what you want and to say what ever comes to you mind.
My own definition of freedom is when a person is given the opportunity to act, say, and express what they want, without consequences and repercussion for their actions.
Many countries around the world don’t have the opportunity to experience freedom like we do hear in the United State. Like for an example in Saudi Arabia, Islam is the official religion and the practice of any other religion prohibited. Hear in the United States we are so very lucky for what freedoms we do have. Anyone of any faith can walk outside and openly practice their religion without fear of the repercussion.
Katherine
Defining freedom is tricky and it’s easy to make contradictory statements while doing so. But I suppose freedom is the ability to do and think whatever you wish with no suppression. Its being able to make your actions through your own thought and not be restricted in anyway from an outside source. Freedom is a concept that we all think we have but doesn’t really, truly, exist anywhere. For instance, America is known for its freedom and such and yet you can’t smoke near public places, teens can’t be out past curfews, you can’t drink alcohol or smoke or drive until a certain age, drugs are illegal all together-you are not allowed to do anything with them at all, when driving you can’t go past a certain speed, you have to wear a seatbelt, you can’t take things that aren’t yours, you can’t hurt other people, you can’t be too loud at night (or you disrupt the peace), you aren’t allowed to see certain movies as a child, and I could go on and on. But necessarily, this is considered free when you put these laws in scope to other countries such as communist ones. This is considered freedom because it doesn’t have a true form.
So, freedom doesn’t truly exist. Why? Well, because if it did there would be partial cultural anarchy. If you were free to do whatever you want, what would be the first thing you’d do? Something formerly illegal (probably, I know I probably would), something you weren’t able to do before. Anarchy is most likely the case, unless we have an entire population with good morals and the ability to not want power, money, and that don’t have materialistic, manipulative, personalities. Which, there are a few people like this who would happen to be fine with freedom but the rest, I’m afraid, would completely destroy each other with absolute freedom.
As a civilization, everything we do contradicts true freedom. We set up regulations for nearly everything we do. What we believe in. All religions that I can think of at the top of my head have rule after rule on how to live. Freedom isn’t human. It’s animal, it’s bestial.
So, precisely, freedom is an illusion, something some believe they have others know they don’t have it; it is being able to think AND do AND be whatever you want with no consequence and no judgment. It’s not really there.
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