Is Freedom Really Free Essay

Introduction:
Aare we really free in The USA? Are we free to make our own choices? The USA government and corporation control our water supply, food supply, medical, media, military and money supplies. So to say that we are really free is a misnomer.
The problem:
We believe that we stay in a country which is a free country. Freedom to live the way we want, freedom to practice anything the way we choose to and freedom to rationalize our thoughts and be a free person. But the question that frequently we come across is whether this freedom is just on paper as what was originally drafted or the meaning of freedom is really free. Though freedom is what is professed by the constitution, in reality no one is free. This has suffocated one’s existence.

In order to define what is free one has to critically analyze the definition and purview of freedom as it exists in society.
In order to understand freedom as it intrinsically a broad definition, one can find that if applied to the person is self directed, self disciplined and self monitored. When applied to the problem of freedom it is seen that effective communication in terms of understanding the meaning of freedom and the perception of what freedom is can only be seen in the form of the social structure in which we live.
Applying three concepts of Paul and Elder’s critical thinking to the problem of freedom intellectually could be explained in terms of
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Logical: there is freedom is all senses but do we really enjoy it.
B. Significance: there is freedom everywhere hence when people talk of freedom what is the real aspect of freedom
c. Depth: what extent of freedom are we talking about? The freedom that is given by the constitution or the freedom that is given as a natural right.
Applying the concepts of intellectual virtues of Intellectual Humility where one actually does not know the real definition of freedom but is sensitive to the issue of freedom, Intellectual Courage to accept and understand that one really does not know what exactly is freedom but speak of it because it is widely debated and Intellectual Empathy where to understand what exactly freedom is one has to look at those who are not free to understand one ideas towards freedom.
If these two issues and concepts are applied to freedom it becomes easy to understand the problem of defining freedom. Though the constitution seeks to build an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish the word freedom has not only been misspelt but misunderstood too.

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The American culture has predominantly featured in every activity of the heritage foundation .the work of the foundation is to ensure that every activity of policy and principles are based on the conservative aspects of the American culture and enshrine its ideals well.
Conclusion:
In order to bring in disciplined thinking into the problem area I utilized the areas of defining the problem, applying the concept that the problem is driven by questions and not answers, questioning frequently as to what is freedom in society, formulating questions in freedom and why it really does not exist and generate questions to counter freedom process .when I applied these concepts I found that instead of trying to understand what exactly freedom was, I ended up in understanding that we are not talking of freedom in the real sense but application of freedom in society which is not a natural law. A student understands that freedom is thought and action liberty. Critically thought freedom is not what one experiences but one which one has as an inalienable right.