I liked the ideas you brought up, you talked about how people have to want freedom for other people, which can be a confusing idea in terms of perspective, you thought about it using Banach's reasoning that we can't live other lives. Thinking about it logically, everyone in the class has this thought (because we all read the article) so what if someone in the class didn't think it mattered that other people were free and someone else did, there'd be conflict there. Who decides which desire gets fulfilled? how is it decided? the only answer I can think of is that it doesn't matter weather you want other people to free or not, they ultimately have to choose, much like the saying "you can't help someone unless they help themselves".
You also talked about how the law limits our freedom. Is it really the law that limits our freedom or the consequences of the law that make us limit ourselves? The law itself doesn't prevent crime it punishes crime that already happens. For example, in the case of murder, murder happens regardless of the law, so the law doesn't prevent murder, it only punishes the murderer once they're caught. The law makes people avoid the punishment and not want to break the law. So my question to you is this, does the law limit our freedom, or does the fear of the law make us limit ourselves?
You also talked about how the law limits our freedom. Is it really the law that limits our freedom or the consequences of the law that make us limit ourselves? The law itself doesn't prevent crime it punishes crime that already happens. For example, in the case of murder, murder happens regardless of the law, so the law doesn't prevent murder, it only punishes the murderer once they're caught. The law makes people avoid the punishment and not want to break the law. So my question to you is this, does the law limit our freedom, or does the fear of the law make us limit ourselves?
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Henry, I like how you don't get depressed by the overwhelming thoughts of meaningless life. You defended your beliefs well when you said that meaning comes from improving the world as much as you can. However that bring to mind the question, what happens when you don't make this contribution to the world? is your life meaningless? what if you make the world worse off than it was before, is your life meaningless then? Who decides weather you make the world better or worse? there are a lot of questions like these when it comes to meaning, the biggest of them is "who decides what's meaningful?"
You also said that meaning comes from being true to yourself, but how do you know who "you" are if you're influenced by the things around you, and how exactly does being true to yourself make your life more meaningful? does it make your social life more real, how is "truth" significant? Your post raised a lot of questions which means your thoughts may not have been completely clear, but that also means that you've provoked your readers thoughts and made them think about your post, keep up the good work.
You also said that meaning comes from being true to yourself, but how do you know who "you" are if you're influenced by the things around you, and how exactly does being true to yourself make your life more meaningful? does it make your social life more real, how is "truth" significant? Your post raised a lot of questions which means your thoughts may not have been completely clear, but that also means that you've provoked your readers thoughts and made them think about your post, keep up the good work.
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