Some thoughts about freedom

I would like to share with you about my point of view on freedom. During our workshop activities, connected with our presentation, I noticed that the term 'freedom' had appeared quite often. Freedom is something what many people believe they can achieve. According to MacIntryre: "From the standpoint of individualism I am what I myself self choose to be". So, if I put myself into liberal place I should feel liberty. Well, at least this is what I should feel when it comes about liberalism in theory. In reality no matter how much liberal a country can be, it always puts some constraints on citizens. Therefore, our freedom of choice is limited, for instance by law. We should obey it but we can still express our freedom in other aspects of our life. For example, we may ignore parental advice or the community around us. We are free to choose our own path as long as it does not break the law. However, if we choose such individual path we may not only hurt people around us, but also ourselves. Once we realize that we may start feeling stings of remorse. Individuals often behave like children who have to burn themselves in order to avoid harmful experience in future. They must deal with the consequences of their actions. An objective observer could notice that these individuals could have avoided many troubles if they had listened to their parents. I have seen situation like that not so long ago. Imagine a young woman, a strong individual, who ignores advice about having respect to yourself. During her rebellion phase she was cutting herself and cheated on her boyfriend. She ended up in a lunatic asylum due to her suicidal attempts. She was doing what she wanted and now she must deal with guilty. She behaved similar to Nietzsche's noble man who only cares about himself and does not need to respect any rules. Personally I think that Nietzsche's concept contains many flaws about freedom. I will write about them in my next post.