Essays on Freedom

Milkman's Pursuit of Liberation and its Consequences Milkman in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon is always pursuing liberation because he knows it will bring him peace. Milkman becomes a self-made man in the book, liberating himself from his manipulating and materialistic father and losing his burdened family name. I, like Milkman,...

The dominant concept of freedom is the ability to act, write, and consider as one wishes. Human beings are wired to seek liberation by whatever means possible. When one gains liberation, they feel released from the shackles that have either personally or implicitly enslaved them. The theme of democracy is...

Stoicism and Human Happiness Stoicism is a theory which states that human happiness should not depend on our indulgence in pleasure or the concern of pain.The Early Stoics' Perspective The founders of this theory stated that using feelings to make judgments is destructive. The early Stoics believed that what people say is...

The fetism of the state, like the fetism of steam, promoted progressiveness by improving citizenship rights and capitalism. Also, fetishism of the state and fetishism of steam shared parallels in the development of freedom, amassing capital, and investing in mechanical ingenuity (Malm, 2016).The Mechanization of MachineryThe mechanization of machinery, or...

Which Will of Free Will do you find most convincing (Hard Deterministic, Compatibilist, Libertarian)? Hard determinism is the belief that everything happens for a reason. They believe there is a cause for behavior, but they disagree about what those causes are (Chaffee.,2016). They believe that universal causal laws govern the...

Henrik Ibsen wrote the play A Doll's House. The play is about a woman (Nora Helmer) who discovers her true self after being enslaved by patriarchal standards. The author depicts a character who had to break free from a controlling marriage in order to achieve freedom. By concentrating on Torvald...

Chapter 3: Achieving Independence As part of this week s assigned reading, I read chapters 3-4 of Elizabeth Keckley s Behind the Scenes. The third chapter describes how the author achieved independence for herself and her children. It says that she was transferring to New York to enjoy her freedom but...

Introduction Since ancient Greece, thinkers have been able to engage in a number of thoughts on equality and determinism. It is possible, on the one hand, to consider ourselves as separate and free beings accountable for the actions we carry out. However, this understanding proves to be in contrast with contradictory...

The majority of Europeans, who were extremely poor, were able to sacrifice their entire life to escape to the American colonies, while others wanted religious freedom or political stability.The majority of those who arrived in Colonial America were young, with nearly half of them being under the age of twenty-five,...

Prisons and prisons are detention institutions for individuals who have been found guilty of violating the rules. For several years, criminals have been punished for the loss of liberty and certain rights. Most countries are currently having problems in maintaining their jails and prisons. The primary distinction in jails and...

The classic phenomenology known as existentialism founded by Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) and other philosopher. The theory of existentialism stresses choice, equality and the life of individuals. While people live in an irrational world, rational choices are required to be made for determining their own significance of existence. Existentialism also states...

A lot of thinkers have sought to understand how independence derives from obligation and whether we, as human beings, can truly be free agents by attempting to look at the forces that connect individuals to free will. This paper would also look at the theories of Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus and...