Freedom's Ideas and the Individual

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You know, it seems that the idea that one might be bound with their word is an old one, and through that Idea whole classes of people were chained to the land in Feudalism.. Not only that, but the children of those so bound were considered as bound by the same oath, and it was Paine, and I think firstly who took this notion to task...

We still feel bound by those who accepted the constitution, but what shall we do when it becomes clear the thing does not work... And if a person might be made slave by his word and enslave his future generations for all time with a word, is is not possible people might be made free with a word???

My point is, that at some point all people are considered free to dispose of their bodies, and as they see fit... We must always consider the context, and make certain that freedom is always guarded as no individual is ever free to do...People can demand freedom, but society must guard freedom as the highest morality, and that may require limiting the authority of inidividuals to bind themselves with a word into injurious or unjust relationships...

We all experience freedom subjectively and defend freedom as a society objectively... How hard is it to recognize that as an idea Freedom is perfect, and as a reality Freedom will always be less than perfect??? I would say that societies may be classed as free or less free, but no inidividual can know any measure of freedom...We are all more or less bound by culture or convention or the commitments we make to others...We must be certain that in our individual actions while seeking freedom without responsibility that we do not hurt society and limit freedom generally...

If you find the natural limits of all behavior you have found the limits of freedom and the extent of morality..

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