It has the drawback that if pursued individually in social isolation, it is not necessarily acknowledged by others. The choice aspect has been the dominant feature in the discussion of freedom of this kind I would add as an essential one the ability to create new choices: new action options, new experience opportunities. The matrix of these kinds shows six basic reationships, (which may have to be distinguished for the purpose of finding appropriate power controls):Ī) Self: – do what we want (pursuit of happiness)ī) Others: – getting others to do what we want Ĭ) Nature: – use natural resources and processes for our purposes ĭ) Self: – resisting / avoiding effects of our own temptations, urges, desires weaknesses Į) Others: – freedom from others’ attempts to have us do what they (or others ) want į) Nature: – avoidance or freedom from effects of undesirable natural forces or eventsįreedom ‘TO’: The basic freedom and power to exercise one’s freedom to pursue our happiness, interests, satisfy our needs, (A) is touted as the pure form of freedom, a quintessential human right. Power comes in several varieties as well: Power as related to the individual self, power as related to others, and power in relation to nature or the non-human environment. Freedom TO engage in an activity requires having the power - being ‘empowered’ - to do so. The linkage between power and freedom may be surprising to some, but is almost given by definition (though not often stated): We want freedom, which comes in two versions: freedom to do what we want to do and live the way we prefer and freedom from experiences and forces we don’t like. A closer look at the relationship between power and freedom, and some suggestions (for discussion) for the control of power.
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