Is it logical to sacrifice one’s life in the name of freedom?

Question

why? and why not? can u defend your answer..thanx!

Answer 1

It is logical to the heart.

Answer 2

I wrote a poem about that and use it in support of my answer YES.


FREEDOM

The passion with which you hold me;
Brings envy to many an eye.
They see how jealously you guard me;
My name becomes a battle cry.
I nurture pride and responsibility;
I offer hope to those who will try.
I help you see what you can be;
I lift the eagle’s wing to fly.
I live the promised dream of liberty;
My name is whispered when solders die;
Shackles of the spirit can’t hold me;
For I am Freedom, and I soar the sky.


Every person soon discovers that of all the many beliefs and goals to attain in life, the rest means little or nothing without freedom, including love. As soon as you find this truth, you understand why it is the basis of every other thing in life.

You can use this poem as long as you credit the author.
William M Klepper

Answer 3

I by no means claim I am saved....or claim to be a christian. Actually I am a habitual curser with bad habits. But I do have faith that is not practiced very well.

OK, after that uncalled for intro to my answer.

I personally would only sacrifice myself in the case that I was told to denounce my faith in god or die. Only then would I be happy with death. To die for freedom is admirable, but illogical to me. And though I take a lot of heat for this, if I were called to service, I would flee the country. I admire all of our troops, I truly do. But I would not defend this country for the current regime in the white house. If we had a president who stood for and fought for the same things as I do, thats a different story.............but just because we vote for a guy to run our country does not mean we should be proud of what we do. In actuality we as americans still have no say in how this country is ran. So why sacrifice ourselves for it.

Answer 4

It is illogical to accept someone Else's idea that your freedom is is such jeopardy that your life needs to be put in danger to protect it.

Death is the ultimate expression of freedom, but dieing half a world away when your home is under no real threat is just foolish.

Political rhetoric and corporate profits are not good reasons to give your life for.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 5

Should you kill yourself in the name of freedom? When that is the case, you should not be born at all. There were countless of people who killed themselves in the name of freedom, as well as countless of people who had advocated freedom in passive means. The general idea is to create an impression, with the acknowledgement from whomever that will take an interest in the demand. Killing oneself in the name of freedom will inspire a temporary impact, when the true nature of the demand and the incident alike will cease from memory in the future. Why kill yourself when you could have prolonged the demand, which will have greater impact, especially done in perspective to regulations that recognition is more apparent. Study the case of Mahatma Gandhi---non-violent resistance for freedom. —You will get my meaning.

Answer 6

It's logical to fight for freedom. Sacrificing yourself "in its name" may very well be meaningless.

If the context here happens to be our solders in Iraq and Afghanistan, I'm not so sure they are fighting for - or in the name of - freedom.

Freedom calls for responsibility but always includes sacrifices. As long as freedom exists, some will abuse their freedom and violate the basic rights of others.

Bush and company have reduced our freedoms by reason that many of us are not willing to accept the sacrifices required by our once greater freedoms. If you (or your leaders) are unwilling to accept the sacrifices required by freedom, you will lose that freedom.

Sacrifice as a result of, or due to freedom (or with freedom as your goal) is necessary and logical.

Sacrifice in the "name" of (reduced) freedom is hypocritical and illogical. Our solders are dieing in the effort to limit and restrict freedoms - not to ensure them.

Answer 7

It depends. If the cause is bigger than your life. For example, freedom of your country. But you'd want to be sure. In everyd ay life, it is not so black and white. You sacrifice a part of your life, for example, to have children. You may sacrifice money for a friend. You have to weigh it up mathematically. I think, usually it isn't worth it. There are other answers between that black and white.

Answer 8

If it is indeed freedom that one is fighting for, it makes sense to defend it to the death. Hopefully, the freedom you win will last long after your death, which would not benefit you, but future people. The object would be to improve the world for your children, not yourself. However, most of the time, freedom is just another mantra used to justify war, like "democracy" and "wmd"

Answer 9

Certainly. If your love for freedom outweighs your love for further time spent alive, then it's only logical that in a circumstance demanding one or the other you would choose to sacrifice that which means less to you.

Answer 10

We are under the slavery of death, being mortal. Any freedom won would be temporary, even for those who benefit from it, unless you believe that a god-like power would bless the sacrifice and raise one to future life.

Answer 11

I had such a cool answer, but if you read Patric Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech as I just did, you will be moved to consider that the ONLY logical thing to do when push comes to shove, is to fight to your last breath for that which you hold most dear, your freedom. Do yourself a favour and read his speech it is very good.