Do you think that too much choices and too much freedom is a good or bad thing?

Question

why or why not?

Answer 1

The more freedom & the more choice the better, but it can be overwhelming. For instance, you walk into a grocery store & there is only one kind of cereal. Pretty boring. At least it's easy. You don't have a choice. Maybe some people prefer that. Not having to make a decision. But wouldn't you rather go into the store & have 100 kinds of cereal to choose from. Different kinds, different nutritional values, different prices. You decide what you're looking for & then pick the right one.

The same applies to anything.

There have been times in my life that I had to make a painful choice between two paths (two subjects in school, two men in my life etc) both of which had value. Though it was difficult at the time, in retrospect I realize that I was fortunate to have options & choices open to me. Rather than being forced into one thing or having to settle.

Freedom & choice are a blessing not a burden. We just have to take responsibility for our lives & not be afraid to make decisions...

Answer 2

It is a good thing- would you want to be ruled by a toltataraian dictator or would you like to haev a free democracy. The only bad thing is that people tend to take freedom and choices for granted and they become too greedy or too spoiled. But if that has to be the end result, I will still go on being happy for freedom and choices and glad that I still have them.

Answer 3

Of course it's a bad thing. Too much of anything is never a good thing. At some point, a line must be drawn because certain things, such as the freedom and choices you get must only reach a certain point.

Answer 4

Bad thing!!!

The problem is finding where to draw the line?

Don't believe me? Look at places where anarchy has ruled:
- New Orleans when the Americans dropped the ball on the Katrina disaster
- Somalia
- Afganistan

You NEED the rule of law which RESTRICTS freedom but you need to BALANCE this with freedom of the individual which is what freedom is about.

For example:
-- Should you have the freedom to take your neighbors car?
-- Should I be allowed to sell you "medicine" that I claim is good for you but which is either ineffective or worse poison.
-- Should you be allowed to marry your sister?
-- Should you be allowed to instruct your followers to kill people
-- Slander people; intenstionally says things that are not provably true that harms another person.

On the other hand:
-- Should you be allowed to go to the church of your choising
-- Marry outside of your race
-- Send your kids to the best schools
-- Establish your own business
-- Critisize your government

Answer 5

Too much of anything is not so great;
moderation in everything is a very good thing.

Alot of choices make deciding harder. Alot of freedom is a good thing as long as it isn't overdone and if self-discipline goes out the window.

Answer 6

These are not bad things, unless you turn them into ones.

People in this country take too much for granted the freedom and liberty to choose. Those that live in the third world country would appreciate much more than us.

Choose wisely and be proud that you are fortunate to live in the US.

Answer 7

I don't really believe that it is a matter of good or bad.
I make a choice because I want to make one, and I usually know what I want because of my freedom. We need lack of freedom and lack of choice to appreciate choice and freedom, so technically you could say that too much of anything can brake the balance of appreciation, unless your focus is on the balance it self.

Answer 8

The question implies that it is possible to have too much of either, which I do not agree with. Freedom only poses a problem in societies and individuals which are morally bankrupt.

Answer 9

Too many choices and too much freedom are things that don't exist. So how can you have something that does not exist?

Answer 10

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