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Already in Ch. 1 of The Philosophy of Freedom Steiner had made the claim, 'That an action, of which the agent does not know why he performs it, cannot be free, goes without saying' (ist selbstverständlich). [37] This is a preliminary statement; it does not amount to a definition or statement of what freedom is.
The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom is a 2015 nonfiction book by David Boaz, [1] who was the executive vice president of the Cato Institute. [2] An update of his 1997 manifesto Libertarianism: A Primer, [3] the book explores libertarianism and advocates for increased economic and personal freedoms. [4] [5] [6]
John Stuart Mill. Philosophers from the earliest times have considered the question of liberty. Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD) wrote: . a polity in which there is the same law for all, a polity administered with regard to equal rights and equal freedom of speech, and the idea of a kingly government which respects most of all the freedom of the governed.
Sententia and Boire define cognitive liberty as "the right of each individual to think independently and autonomously, to use the full power of his or her mind, and to engage in multiple modes of thought." [13] The CCLE is a network of scholars dedicated to protecting freedom of thought in the modern world of accelerating neurotechnologies.
Freedom of thought is the precursor and progenitor of—and thus is closely linked to—other liberties, including freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression. [2] Though freedom of thought is axiomatic for many other freedoms, they are in no way required for it to operate and exist.
Even the term "freedom," very often used by theologians, in its positive sense actually means "power." [5] Religion is by no means more "fulfilling the will of God" than anything else. As God is primary and almighty, his will is by definition always fulfilled (it is impossible that he wills something and it is not fulfilled).
William Wollaston's The Religion of Nature Delineated describes the "truest definition" of "natural religion" as being "The pursuit of happiness by the practice of reason and truth". [29] An English translation of Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui 's Principles of Natural and Politic Law prepared in 1763 extolled the "noble pursuit" of "true and solid ...
[citation needed] He argued that expanding knowledge in the natural and social sciences would lead to an ever more just world of individual freedom, material affluence, and moral compassion. He argued for three general propositions: that the past revealed an order that could be understood in terms of the progressive development of human ...