Human Freedom

[Ignorant]

I think freedom is relative. Unless you're more specific with the question.  Most people who aren't on life support machines in a coma or something like that have some freedom. Even then they may have some limited freedom of thought.

I think human freedom is consists of being able to decide what to do either physically or decide what to think mentally.

Obviously if you believe everything is pre determined and there is no real freedom then the answer would be there is no human freedom. But based on the outlook that people can make choices I'd say that's what freedom is.

Thanks for your thoughts! If you think freedom is relative, to what is it relative?

No context?

It's two words. Yes, it's extremely vague.

Could mean a lot of different things. The first thing that comes to my mind is the freedom to explore the universe and not be glued to a rock. Which of course we don't have.

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, two words which, I presume, individually have meaning to you. How about this: What is it about a person (if anything) that can rightly be called free or freedom?

You've already started with "freedom to explore..." Is this another way of saying that human freedom is associated in some way with growing in knowledge of what surrounds us?

Human Freedom:

The absence of human oppression + the joy of human expression.

Thanks, Evie! There is quite a bit packed into this beautifully concise definition. If it is convenient for you, could you elaborate a bit?