Suppose for a Minute That Correct Freedom Is Positive Freedom

question 51

Essay

Suppose for a minute that correct freedom is positive freedom.
Write an essay discussing the ingredients in,and conditions for,positive freedom.
You'll want to distinguish positive freedom from negative freedom,and to address the following questions:
What are the factors that limit and "open up" positive free choice?
Are there particular kinds of ends that must be pursued and that when absent limit your freedom?
What conditions have to be in place,in your life,for you to be positively free?
Are there some ways of choosing goals (and means toward goals)that are more or less sustainable and livable?
Give examples illustrating both choices that are more positively free and choices that are less positively free.

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Definitions:

Bonds

Financial instruments representing a loan made by an investor to a borrower, typically corporate or governmental, with terms specifying interest payments and the return of principal at maturity.

Par Value

The nominal or face value of a security or stock, which is stated in the corporate charter.

Interest Accrued

Interest that has been incurred but not yet paid, recorded as a liability on the balance sheet.

Cash Dividends

Payments made by a company out of its earnings to its shareholders in the form of cash.