Almost every person thinks that the concept of being free is doing what you want, when you want it and how you want it. But actually there is much more than that to be free. I mean of course you need to be free to do what you want but you also have to be aware of certain factors. For example, you are free to choose if you want vanilla or chocolate ice cream, but you are responsible of knowing what is going to happen after, for example if you are lactose intolerant. In other scenario, if you are in a life-death situation like the one of the captain and his crew travelling with a cargo and they are hit by a storm, and the only way of surviving was by throwing away the cargo. In this case the captain has the freedom to choose if he wants to throw the cargo and survive, but loose the thing the trip was about, or keep the cargo and die. This is a little extreme situation, but it is an easier way to make a decision.
So everyone has the freedom to do what they want in one way or another, but we have to take all the factors that surround it.
As Bernardo said we are and we are always going to be free on our actions even if they are bad, but we are also free of the consequences that we will having at the end. So before doing any action we have take in consideration that anything can happen even if you don't want it to happen. This make us thinks before every action.
ResponderEliminarI totally agree with you. Every person thinks that to be free, is to do whatever you want, but you need to be aware of the consequences. We have the opportunity to choose, between some things. So, we need to take in count that consequences will allways appear, and could be good or bad.
ResponderEliminarBernardo i like whatyou state about we are free to choose whatever we want butwe have to be cosious of whta the consecuences will be and wwe are responsible for those consequences. And what I'd like to add is that in those hard decisions we have to be aware of the results, but anyway the decisions you make they have to be taken with the best responsability possible.
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