Stability In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

Benjamin Franklin once said, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." These words remain a topic of much controversy to this day, provoking a clash of the concept of freedom versus stability. Would freedom, perhaps, be dispensable, if it were to provide safety? Despite the fact that freedom is perceived as one of the highest values in society, its extent is often impeded by the desire for stability. While the ideal society would demand the coexistence of both, the balance between the two is precarious. In Brave New World, the overridance of freedom in favor of stability reveals the denouement of such a system. Aldous Huxley’s ominous prediction of a future serves as a warning against the impending danger of losing individuality as a result of seeking contentment through passivity. The path to surrendering autonomy for the sake of comfort and stability begins with the elimination of free choice. In the society of Brave New World, this eradication starts at birth, with the preordained caste system that every member of the community assimilates to. To encourage conformity …show more content…
By becoming dependent on such machines, members of civilizations might dismiss, or consciously make the effort to forget about the adversities that life was meant to challenge us with. Huxley feared of a society reduced to passivity and compliance as a result of an increase in perfunctory and automated efficacy. In a civilization of growing technology and advancements, we must heed our actions closely, so as to let deference override us. The struggles in living, despite its difficulty, are impediments that we are meant to grapple with, as those are the sources of our greatest