If freedom entails being & acting responsibly, and I don't do so all the time (bec I am less than perfect),..

Question

...should my freedoms be taken away or limits imposed on them by law bec of my failure/inability to be responsible or act responsibly under all conditions, circumstances & situations? ref: TWH 05102007-1

Pls keep in mind that the Q asked is addressing a philosophical interest and that inferences about the asker have no place in the process. The first person " I" is used to pose the difficult question about the concept of freedom of the individualin a direct manner within the severe limitations on inquiry in the Yahoo Answers Q&A format. ref:TWH 05112007 addendum

Pls keep in mind that the Q asked is addressing a philosophical interest and that inferences about the asker have no place in the process. The first person " I" is used to pose the difficult question about the concept of freedom of the individual in a direct manner within the severe limitations on inquiry in the Yahoo Answers Q&A format. ref:TWH 05112007 addendum

Imperfection in human beings is a fact of human nature and is part of the personal and social environment in which humans with an innate free will act! ref TWH 05112007 Q-addendum

Special note for vonhiggi-your FOS! The negative attempt to psychoanalyze the character and motives of the asker from the Q asked is PUBLIC evidence of YOUR intellectual pomposity and ignorance about what discourse ON IDEAS is about . Get lost.

Answer 1

depends on what your "failure/inability to be responsible" entails. If it has cause the death of another person due to recklessness on your part then Yes they should be limited. If it is harmless fun and you are an adult and no one got hurt then No (but you should no better and hope your children never find out because they will use it as leverage against you when they are in trouble). If you are not an adult and you have completely disobeyed rules set down by your parents, that is the consequence of disobedience; not that you parents are trying to be cruel, but because they are trying to teach you some very important values that you WILL need when you are older.

Answer 2

Arbitrary removal of oneself from this type of hieroglyphic inquiry can only make the text read as a demonstration of cowardice. Let me explain why this is so. And we'll see also that the issues involved are not as abstracted as they are made above.

Western civilization has flourished despite the countless attempts to pervert its key underpinning: Lex Naturalis. When considering the freedoms of an individual, it may be more apt to refer to "ius naturale", natural right.

An individual is in accord with the tenets of ius naturale only insofar as a society permits the individual the exercise of RIGHTS in just proportion to DUTIES. Thus, we see very clearly in our communities that those who adequately perform duties may be eligible for a proportionate increase in liberty. Reserved for the sundry characters in society, from the career criminal to the devoted civil servant, are, comme il faut, penalties and rewards.

Not only is this not "a difficult question about the concept of freedom", there are no "severe limitations on inquiry in the Yahoo Answers Q&A format". The correct inferences, then, which I am allowed to make about the asker are twofold:

1. The circumscribed manner of asking is one of deception.

2. Human imperfection does not excuse one from taking responsibility for one's conduct in speech or autography.

Answer 3

One does not need to be perfect to practice freedom and responsibility - with the fact that you DON'T do it, is in itself practicing this same freedom minus responsibility.

Freedom is never taken away, though perhaps limited, so as not to harm the freedom of others - this is the social dimension of freedom.

Answer 4

~~ If you are a rotton person who does horrible stuff then yes. If you just Jaywalk or are late for work no. Do you know what I'm talking about? ~~

Answer 5

Nobody can take one`s freedom away. It can only be given away.

Answer 6

Only if you want them to be taken away.