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A good overview of the philosophical consequences and meaning of Freedom can be found here on wikipedia. In our shared world there are many reasonable restrictions on negative invocations of Freedom. For instance a restriction (law) on one being's Freedom to do something harmful to another being, overriding the other's Freedom to not be affected in such a harmful manner. In this way the social regulation of Freedom's are mutually defined by communities, in accordance with socially acceptable behavior. Freedom allow's us to exhibit our indvidual character, our persona. Each personality is "Free" to express themself in a unique way. A vital aspect of Freedom is Liberty. In short, "one is considered free to the extent to which no person interferes with his or her activity". Liberty goes so far as to protect activities that don't harm others, and the details of the spirit of Liberty can become quite complicated. "On Liberty" a philosophical work by John Stuart Mill discusses the basis of freedom. Freedom allows us to achieve Empowerment. Without Freedom we would have little chance of discovering a life's Purpose. But what happens in our Dreams, our very own subconscious world, in the absence of other interested parties? There absolute Freedom would entail being able to do or not do anything imaginable. The consequences which are delightful and frightening. Even in our subconscious, there is a being affected by our actions, our own conscience. On some level we are aware and affected by the actions we take in our dreams. It appears that in deep dream states even our conscience can be "deactivated" or inapplicable and the memories of the events of a dream purged from our concious thoughts. |
