Is there freedom?

Question

I mean can you live a life of freedom?

Answer 1

Of a sort if you live in UK but its being eroded by this miserable governments policies.

Answer 2

Depends on what you mean by freedom. If you want the freedom to steal, rape, and murder, no. There must be rules of civilised behaviour in any society. If you mean the freedom to preach revolution and upset the status quo, again no. The government, any government, won't permit it, no matter how justified you think you are in trying to foment rebellion and murder. In most civilised societies you have the freedom to walk away and spend the rest of your life wandering aimlessly until you die, providing that you don't cause trouble. As the song says; "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." If you want the benefits of the 21st century and a comfortable home then you have to pay your whack, you have to pay for what you get in the form of taxes. In the West, we are freer and richer than at any other time in human history; and you had best believe it. Ask any doddering old coot what his youth was like. 99% of the population 60 years ago lived in poverty bordering on destitution. Miss a weeks pay and your children went hungry, miss a months and you were starving and out in the gutter.And life was better then than at any time before! Enjoy the freedom that you have, which is just about infinite, and forget meaningless philosophical questions.

Answer 3

not really, 'cause freedom is not just about the humanity's. Freedom is supposed to let any people do whatever they wish to do without restriction...

But, look at the society, how human beings behave ? Under various laws... is that freedom ? living under control ?
Moreover, everyone's looking for freedom... what's freedom any way ?
For example: he wants to kill you. If there were no laws, he would be allow to because he's a free to do it. But you don't agree with that and just try to survive or maybe just to want to strike back and kill him. That's your freedom...
You'll notice that this is nothing but contradiction.

Others' freedom block our own freedom... like a vicious circle,... there's no escape, there's no real freedom.

The only thing that actually may tell you that "ya, you're free" is from doing anything. You can do it, but is there not a responsibility behind those acts ? aren't you restricted not to do it because behind those acts, there are heavy consequences ?
People call this freedom because the society has claimed that we are free people ! But our freedom lies inside a restricted area... how can anyone suppose that we are free?

Answer 4

No, anywhere in this world is not possible someone to have freedom. We have the some degree of freedom to chose to act or think the way we want, but the reactions is always there to come back to us, be in this life or next, plus we can't live without the sun, or water, etc, so we can't never have freedom, unless we can get free from the circle of birth and death, than yes...

Answer 5

its whether or not you believe in free will, i mean if we didn't have it then we would only do what is destined for us to do without having a choice, or we would do things that would benefit ourselves purely for physical reasons but if we didn't have a choice then the thought wouldn't even occur in our minds. i think we do have a "freedom" but in context, we will always have the choice to become a criminal you can say no and go another way and have a completely different life or you can say yes and be caught and end up in prison for your whole life. its a bundle of choices- which i would determine as freedom, we have the freedom to make choices.

Answer 6

In so far as we can fully comprehend the consequences of our actions yes.

For me the strenght of this freedom must come from knowledge; one of the biggest restrictions of our freedom is not knowing that there is a choice in the first place. If you are ignorant then you are not free.

Doing something may be illegal but you could still choose to do it and be punished. I think if there were no consequences to our actions then we we would not be free either since we would not truely be living.

Freedom is the ability to see what actions can be taken and what the possible outcomes might be and to make your choice based on this knowledge.

If you seek knowledge you move towrds freedom.

Answer 7

Yes there is, you can live a life of freedom , its a marvelous feeling, because you are so in peace within yourself and you can choose anything for your life. I think that is freedom. To be what ever you want to be and to do so.

Answer 8

An Englishman's home is his castle.

And the law of England has so particular and tender a regard to the immunity of a man's house, that it stiles it his castle, and will never suffer it to be violated with immunity: agreeing herein with the sentiments of ancient Rome, as expressed in the works of Tully; quid enim sanctius, quid omni religione munitius, quam domus unusquisque civium? For this reason no doors can in general be broken open to execute any civil process; though, in criminal causes, the public safety supersedes the private. Hence also in part arises the animadversion of the law upon eaves-droppers, nusancers, and incendiaries: and to this principal it must be assigned, that a man may assemble people together lawfully without danger of raising a riot, rout, or unlawful assembly, in order to protect and defend his house; which he is not permitted to do in any other case.

Answer 9

There is freedom but there is nothing such as absolute freedom, or freedom as a standalone concept. Freedom instead is a subversive concept in the mind. It is something that signifies a vital sense of responsibility. There cannot be freedom without responsibility, but some people would fear responsibilities most and would compromise their freedom for the sack of ease, comfort and even leisure of living. This induces a false sense of freedom in the mind.

I could declare myself free in many number of ways, or I could yearn for freedom in certain other ways, but in what particular sense I need to be free is how I should be free. Freedom therefore is also a dream that we need to learn to dream, a vision that we need to realize and a concept that we need to define for ourselves to the best of our judgment of our circumstance.

This is the fact that the concept of freedom in the mind never stays the same. It changes in time with circumstances. When we free ourselves into better sense of our world, equipped with a better knowledge and understanding, we see that what we longed for in the past is obsolete now and what we might deem as free right now could also change in the time to come.

We need to continually and constantly reinvent and explore ourselves and define our understanding of the vital concepts of life, like freedom and our sense of justice. We, therefore, need to have spiritual beliefs or personal values based upon strong moral and ethical principles incorporating and formulating our personal and social life, and this to ensure that our concepts of freedom is properly refined and comprehensible.

Answer 10

As modern cliché's might suggest in urban area's 'Freedom is only an illusion'! Personally true freedom can only be found in the most remote parts of the planet.

Answer 11

Only the perception of freedom. Life cannot exist without rules and constraints so total freedom is not possible.