The word FREEDOM is an ambiguous concept in the sense
that it can have more than one single meaning and consequently it is necessary
for us to clear out the different options.
There are two fundamental meanings of freedom:
FREEDOM TO DO – That is the
ability to move, to think, to have a religious belief, to exercise one’s right,
to create a company, to act politically in society, to live in the place or
country we choose, etc.
FREEDOM OF VOLITION OR FREE WILL –
This is a voluntary choice or decision, the ability to choose how to act. The
freedom of humans to make choices that are not controlled by fate or God.
The debate surrounding free will and determinism is
one that has occupied psychologists and philosophers for centuries.
Those who believe in determinism believe that all
behaviour is determined by external and internal forces acting on the person.
An example of an external force would be parents
rewarding certain type of behaviour, therefore further encouraging it, while an
internal force would be that of hormones.
Those who believe in free will believe matters are
slightly more complex. They agree that external and internal factors do exist
but that people have free will to choose their behaviour.
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Revision:Psychology_model_answers_-_free_will_vs_determinism
From all the
information above we could state that infinite or unconditional freedom does
not exist. If there wasn’t any kind of freedom, society, moral, education, etc.
wouldn’t make any sense because if something is already determined cannot be
educated, prohibited, changed, encouraged or punished.
In short,
humans have a relative and conditioned freedom but an important thing: not
without their responsibilities.
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