Privilege of Freedom
Most people want the freedom to make their own choices and live their life the way they want to. We want to be able to choose what we want for dinner, or pick where you want to go on a vacation and not be restricted by guidelines, however; we must have restrictions and personal responsibility for our actions or we will lose those privileges. Even though freedom sounds a lot easier than having restrictions, it may be harder than you think.
One value that comes out of having the freedom to choose to do what you want is that you are in charge of your agenda. You can choose what you want to eat, you can choose what you want to watch on tv, or you could choose which job you want to pursue. In the United States, we get these examples of freedoms of choice, but in some other countries they do not get the same freedoms as what we do. In the United States you can pursue any type of job or are interested in. If you want to be an accountant, you can be an accountant. If you decide that accounting isn’t for you, you can stop being an accountant and pursue becoming a teacher solely on your personal decision. In England they take a sort of IQ test and the kids with …show more content…
Even though you have freedom to make your own decisions, you cannot get away with doing whatever you want. No matter what country you are in, you are not one hundred percent free and allowed to do anything you want. For example, you cannot go and murder a person and expect to be able to get away with it in almost all of the countries in the world.
Freedom does seem a lot easier than being tied up in guidelines, but we are also a lot safer with those guidelines and restrictions set because without them people would be allowed to do anything they wanted. You must remember that freedom in most countries is a privilege, and can be taken away with more guidelines that can be set. Freedom is a privilege, not necessarily a
Most people want the freedom to make their own choices and live their life the way they want to. We want to be able to choose what we want for dinner, or pick where you want to go on a vacation and not be restricted by guidelines, however; we must have restrictions and personal responsibility for our actions or we will lose those privileges. Even though freedom sounds a lot easier than having restrictions, it may be harder than you think.
One value that comes out of having the freedom to choose to do what you want is that you are in charge of your agenda. You can choose what you want to eat, you can choose what you want to watch on tv, or you could choose which job you want to pursue. In the United States, we get these examples of freedoms of choice, but in some other countries they do not get the same freedoms as what we do. In the United States you can pursue any type of job or are interested in. If you want to be an accountant, you can be an accountant. If you decide that accounting isn’t for you, you can stop being an accountant and pursue becoming a teacher solely on your personal decision. In England they take a sort of IQ test and the kids with …show more content…
Even though you have freedom to make your own decisions, you cannot get away with doing whatever you want. No matter what country you are in, you are not one hundred percent free and allowed to do anything you want. For example, you cannot go and murder a person and expect to be able to get away with it in almost all of the countries in the world.
Freedom does seem a lot easier than being tied up in guidelines, but we are also a lot safer with those guidelines and restrictions set because without them people would be allowed to do anything they wanted. You must remember that freedom in most countries is a privilege, and can be taken away with more guidelines that can be set. Freedom is a privilege, not necessarily a