I'm a young student of Philosophy who wants to learn all she can; I am (not well) versed in a number of philosophers and theories, but I want more more more! Let's talk about freedom, ethics, religion, spacetime, quantum mechanics, anything and everything. I am here to learn and grow and think and explore. Join me in my quest for wisdom, won't you?

What do you think might be the difference between freedom and ethics??? Or what is their connection???

At first, I thought your first question would only need a simple response, but now that I've been mulling it over I can't seem to write anything substantial...

I read a little De Beauvoir last semester, and I resonate with her idea that we have an ethical obligation to preserve and perpetuate freedom among the human race. I place a high value on my personal freedom, and I have a deep respect for the freedom of others, and this is the foundation for my ethics. As long as I am not infringing on the freedom of someone else, my actions are morally permissible. But, when I try to outline a fundamental list of personal freedoms, I get caught up. All I can say with certainty is that murder infringes upon the victim's freedom to live; aside from that, I can make no concrete moral claims from freedom. Personally, I try and treat people with kindness and fairness because I believe people have the freedom to be happy, but I also know every man is free to make himself happy regardless of how he is treated.... I just feel that "negative energy" imposes on people's freedom to live in a positive atmosphere, I suppose.

Freedom would be enough in a purely rational world, but that is not the world in which we live. Freedom is the ability to be whoever you want to be in the world; ethics keep people from choosing to be "evil". Freedom has no limitations; ethics are limitations (well, stipulations). But, every man has the freedom (and the obligation) to choose for himself his personal ethical values.

I will pose another question; could freedom exist without ethics?

At first, I thought your first question would only need a simple response, but now that I've been mulling it over I can't seem to write anything substantial...

I read a little De Beauvoir last semester, and I resonate with her idea that we have an ethical obligation to preserve and perpetuate freedom among the human race. I place a high value on my personal freedom, and I have a deep respect for the freedom of others, and this is the foundation for my ethics. As long as I am not infringing on the freedom of someone else, my actions are morally permissible. But, when I try to outline a fundamental list of personal freedoms, I get caught up. All I can say with certainty is that murder infringes upon the victim's freedom to live; aside from that, I can make no concrete moral claims from freedom. Personally, I try and treat people with kindness and fairness because I believe people have the freedom to be happy, but I also know every man is free to make himself happy regardless of how he is treated.... I just feel that "negative energy" imposes on people's freedom to live in a positive atmosphere, I suppose.

Freedom would be enough in a purely rational world, but that is not the world in which we live. Freedom is the ability to be whoever you want to be in the world; ethics keep people from choosing to be "evil". Freedom has no limitations; ethics are limitations (well, stipulations). But, every man has the freedom (and the obligation) to choose for himself his personal ethical values.

I will pose another question; could freedom exist without ethics?