is freedom more of a right or a privalege?

Question

freedom being the absence of restraints upon our ability to think and act

in other words: do you deserve freedom just because you are alive, or is freedom a gracious gift?

Answer 1

Freedom is neither a right nor a privalege. Freedom is an absolute.

Every living being has the freedom to do whatever it desires within the limits of its physical being. One can do whatever they want, The question is what are the consequences of acting freely?

As an extreme example one is free to murder if they choose to do so, however there are consequences of acting freely in this way. There is no such thing as a restraint on our ability to think are act. There are only consequences once those thoughts or action have occured.

Answer 2

I think freedom is a privilege, although some freedoms are specified in the US constitution basically as rights. They have a bill of rights, and freedom of speech is detailed right at the top.
I think it's more of a question as to what freedoms specifically you're driving at, there's not 'freedom to drive down the street and shoot arbitrarily into other people's homes', for example, there's also things that people are NOT free to do, can't walk naked down main street and shake your groove thang at everyone that looks halfway appealing, can't dress like Hitler and drive a tank through the bank, stuff like that. Mainly, freedoms are those things that are generally agreed upon by most people to represent 'necessary and normal behavior' of people, and some countries and societies are a lot more restrictive on that than others. Moral of the story, the more people you have in one area, the more likely you are to encounter the word 'no'. If you live by yourself at the north pole, and your desired freedom is to dress up like Betty Grable and bark at the moon, just don't freeze to death...and the other eskimos will probably give YOUR hut a wide berth...then again you might start a new trend! You could be the leader of the tribe! LOLOL

Answer 3

That would depend on your perception of freedom? Is it the right to do whatever you want, whenever you want, with out regard to those around you. Is it the ability to say and think what you want, in a society that welcomes your input, and gives it it's due when decisions are made? Is it simply the ability to have and own, to live where you want, to enjoy your interests, and be left alone?

Freedom is a wide subject. Some freedoms are earned...and therefore a privalege. Freedom to think, is anyone's. To act upon what you think, requires wisdom. Wisdom to know what to say, when, how and to best effect, without stepping upon others who may be less knowlegable, and being open to learning from others who may know more.

Answer 4

Freedom is a privilege. After all, if it was a "right", you could argue that we have the freedom to do drugs, rape or otherwise have unbridled sex, take anything that happens to appeal to us, even murder, etc., just because we want to.

Because it is a privilege, we must use that freedom with the appropriate respect that it is due. In other words, we should not abuse that privilege, such as abusing the freedom of speech to twist it into burning flags, defaming our president, etc. We can do such activities...because we are free...but we shouldn't...because it is a privilege.

Answer 5

Freedom is, arguably, a God-given right. It is NOT however, absolute: the old line that your freedom to swing your fist stops short of my nose, is a good example. You may not use your freedom to harm others. From that perspective, it becomes something of a privilege, although the dictionary definition of privilege includes the concept of freedom, so it gets complicated.

Answer 6

Freedom is the right of every human being on this planet. We only take a persons freedom away if that person has harmed, killed or infringed on anothers freedom.

Answer 7

100%rights. Freedom is default in all of us. Everyday 1 bit of freedom is being taken away. Einstein proved that darkness doesn't exist because light is default. The absence of light is the present of darkness.

Answer 8

in my opinion,

Freedom absolute freedom is a right by god.
The consquence of that freedom i believe is the point of the human experience on earth.

Freedom with regards to state and soiecty, is another question. By being a member of a social contract you agree to the rules. Should those rule become oppressive then by your right to freedom you would revolt.

Answer 9

define freedom

Answer 10

A right.