what is freedom?

@Pamela Rosa,

that makes no sense, no matter how i think of it.

but what is freedom, then.

@hamilton,

It seems to me--and I think I said something like this years ago on Able2know or Abuzz--that when we want to know what something is essentially, like freedom, love, justice, etc. , we should approach it in the way that the first person who wanted to know what to call a very young dog. "Puppy" was the answer to his question, not a thing that has an essential nature to be grasped in a definition.

0 Replies

@hamilton,

It seems to me--and I think I said something like this years ago on Able2know or Abuzz--that when we want to know what something is essentially, like freedom, love, justice, etc. , we should approach it in the way that the first person who wanted to know what to call a very young dog. "Puppy" was the answer to his question, not a thing that has an essential nature to be grasped in a definition.

1 Reply

@JLNobody,

um, you know you said the same thing twice, right?

0 Replies

@hamilton,

Pamela Rosa wrote:

Freedom is slavery

hamilton wrote:
Re: Pamela Rosa (Post 4658487)
that makes no sense, no matter how i think of it.

She was quoting one of the doublethink slogans from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

1 Reply

@wmwcjr,

oh, oops...

1 Reply

@hamilton,

Hey, no sweat. You can't remember everything. Smile

1 Reply

@wmwcjr,

nor can I read every book in the library!

1 Reply

@hamilton,

It's okay! You've probably read more than I have, and I'm 61 years old. Embarrassed

0 Replies

@existential potential,

EP - that's pretty much what I said, although my main point was that 'hardwiring' occurs within our brains whether we like it or not, which by their very nature create constraints.

Fortunately for us, we can also 'hardwire' other automated circuits into our brain that run 'awareness' programmes.

The amount of consciousness we actually have will always be up for debate. My guestimate is 3%.

0 Replies

@existential potential,

Is "freedom" always a matter of freedom from constraint? I think that when I act according to my nature (hardwiring?) I am both constrained and free at the same time. How wonderful to express my nature even though it prevents me from pursuing alternative ways of doing and being.

0 Replies

It requires a definition.

Are you refering to free will?

Definition:the ability of agents to make choices free from certain kinds of constraints.

Humans appear to be subjected to nomological properties of the universe, the concept of gravity being an example.

0 Replies

@hamilton,

0 Replies

My answer concerns personal political freedom.

Quote:

What is freedom?

Freedom is the absence of jurisdiction of government.

Personal freedom and the jurisdiction of government are INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL.

That means that the more there is of one of them,
the less there is of the other one.

David

0 Replies

@hamilton,

freedom can mean a lot of things, i'd say we all approach the concept of freedom in a unique way

0 Replies

@hamilton,

Choices that haven't been made or committed to.

0 Replies

what is freedom?

Related Topics

Quick Links

My Account

able2know