I am an assistant professor of political science at the University of Toronto-Mississauga.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Liberty
4 comments:
Charles Blattberg
said...
And if I don't know what I want? And if I want to sell myself into slavery? And if I'm on drugs? And if I'm just a child (and so I don't know what's best for me)? And if I want two things that are incompatible? And if what I want is for someone else to be unfree? And if...
It strikes me that the kid has a rather simplistic view of liberty. Don't you agree?
I guess you're right. There's too much thinking going on in the world as it is. We all need to relax a bit more, amuse ourselves. Especially when it comes to words like "liberty," which really should mean any old thing. After all, look where being so uptight about it is getting the Iranians.
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4 comments:
And if I don't know what I want? And if I want to sell myself into slavery? And if I'm on drugs? And if I'm just a child (and so I don't know what's best for me)? And if I want two things that are incompatible? And if what I want is for someone else to be unfree? And if...
It strikes me that the kid has a rather simplistic view of liberty. Don't you agree?
Dear Charles,
Relax Man! Sheesh...
I guess you're right. There's too much thinking going on in the world as it is. We all need to relax a bit more, amuse ourselves. Especially when it comes to words like "liberty," which really should mean any old thing. After all, look where being so uptight about it is getting the Iranians.
On behalf of anonymous: touche.
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