Have you ever asked yourself this question? If not, then you should ask yourself now. Because this is probably one of the questions that will shape what and who you will be.

But before going forward we first must know what freedom is and the difference between the freedom of nature and the freedom of a person.

There is genuine freedom in the world. When we observe it from the outside, it takes the form of unpredictability; when we observe it from within, we call it our free will. We know that the reason why our behavior is unpredictable from the outside is that we have ultimate freedom of choice. This freedom is the very essence of our personalities, the treasure of our lives. It is given us as the first element of the world we come into.

Since I am talking about freedom concerning humans, then it is free will that we will be talking about.

I believe there are three basic positions that one can adopt on the question of free will: either we have absolute free will, or we have no free will at all, or we have a certain measure of free will.

I myself believe that we can with proper constraints such as rules and laws etc. Without such constraints our society would be in total chaos. Another factor to consider is that freedom rests in the principal of respect for other people—that of which each and every human being is of equal value—irrespective of race, gender, religion, sexuality—or anything else.


This states that no person is an object to be used simply as a means to some other end. That is, all people have a basic degree of dignity that is denied when we use them merely as a tool for our own purpose.

Therefore we should not only protect our own freedom but those of other people as well. In helping other people gain freedom, we ourselves get a bit more freedom through our actions.

Nature too comes into the picture. For example, we cannot change the past, breathe under water, or fly like a bird. These constraints though are already so natural for us that we rarely pay any attention to them.

In addition to these physical/natural limitations, there are also psychological limitations on our freedom: our mental conditioning and our numerous habits and instincts play a major role in determining our actions.

I have to admit that I myself have lost control or succumbed to irresistible urges, to have been impelled by some unknown/unconscious motives and desires that I didn’t know I had. But I feel that most of the time we do freely choose our own actions, and that some of the impulses we have can be resisted if we put our minds to it.

As for destiny, I believe in self-made destinies. Fashioned by our desires, forged by our wills. Our lives are not governed by outside forces where we have not played a part in creating. But these outside forces do affect our lives. In the very end thought is in the choices that we make, whether we have mean and selfish or noble and altruistic, that gives meaning to this life of ours. Freedom for me is never for the weak of will, anyway those kinds of people never have freedom anyway since they are the type of person that does whatever the masses is doing. That for me is the worst choice one can make. Doing something just because other people are doing it. For me it just doesn’t make sense and probably never will.

Anyway this is already pretty long. About 1 out of 15 people who will look at this would even read this till the end so ill end this article with this. The greatest freedom one can have is in serving the greater good. Anyway goodbye all.



"We can never be truly free unless we give others the same freedom we would want to have for ourselves."

Edmund Falgui

PS I know its a bit vain for me to quote one of my papers but thats what i am, vain and narcissistic. But i would like to believe i am also a good person after alls been said and done.