A Sand County Almanac

The subjectivity of freedom makes it hard to define, but by definition, freedom is the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action. It is important to keep in mind that freedom is not absolute and there is no accurate way to measure such concept. Education, perhaps a formal university experience rather than a practical lesson, connotes freedom as it allows humans to gain appropriate skills and tools necessary in order to navigate the world. In a global perspective, education is important to individuals and to society as it is a path to opportunities, thus allowing humans to be a part of a much bigger world, hence freedom. In A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold expresses the theme of freedom and its limits through the …show more content…
But the education…makes no mentions of obligations to land” (245). Leopold addresses that education is crucial before establishing rules, however he highlights its limitations by indicating that it does not specify human’s responsibility to the land and their environment. Aldo Leopold, an advocate for the land, reveals that education fails to address ethics, which is a pivotal aspect of conservation, thus further justifying its limitations. Leopold indicates that education is significant to a certain extent, but society is in need of something beyond education in order to achieve and establish a land ethic. A land ethic is merely the notion of humans acting responsibly to benefit the land. Thus, Aldo Leopold discusses the importance and the need for ethics in education. Leopold defines ethics in ecological perspective as “a limitation on freedom of action in the struggle for existence” (238). Leopold suggest that ethics limit available actions for humans. He is aware that through ethics, human actions will be limited, but continues to advocate for a land ethic because these limitations aim to benefit society as a whole. The limitations in ethics serve as a positive concept rather than a disadvantage. Therefore, although ethics is a limitation to one's action, Leopold proposes that education …show more content…
Education, which is suppose to enable freedom of choice, has its limitation due to the fact it promotes a lack of awareness, does not delineate human responsibility to the land, and it is constrained. In addition, ethics is the limitation on freedom of action, however, by acting responsibly, humans establishes freedom of mind and becomes a part of a larger community. Therefore, Aldo Leopold successfully displays that freedom has limitations and it is not absolute. Leopold conveys the need of ethics in education for