Freedom Quotes

The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.

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"Freedom comes with the responsibility to use it wisely."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Freedom begins when we recognize the chains we've unknowingly forged ourselves."
Jackson, Frank
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"Freedom is the burden of choosing who we become."
Jackson, Frank
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"Freedom is real but must be reconciled with physical causation."
Searle, John
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"Human freedom is compatible with living in a physical universe."
Searle, John
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"Freedom requires causal chains"
Davidson, Donald
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"Freedom is compatible with physical law"
Davidson, Donald
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"Freedom requires understanding our nature"
Davidson, Donald
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"Virtue is not merely conformity to rules."
Foot, Philippa
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"The virtues enable genuine human autonomy."
Foot, Philippa
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"Free will is not an illusion; it's a normal part of the natural world."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Freedom requires understanding the constraints we operate within."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Freedom is not the absence of constraints, but the choice of which constraints to accept."
Jackson, Frank
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"Free will exists within the constraints of physical reality."
Searle, John
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"The future is open because social reality is not determined by physics."
Searle, John
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"We are free insofar as our actions flow from our own desires and reasoning."
Searle, John
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"Real freedom requires understanding the good."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"One cannot be truly free while enslaved to vice."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"Our agency is enabled, not constrained, by our dependence on causal relations."
Davidson, Donald
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"We are rational agents not despite but because of our embeddedness in causal networks."
Davidson, Donald
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"Our freedom consists in our capacity to respond intelligently to the world."
Davidson, Donald
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"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear"
Wisdom, John
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"Free will is compatible with being made of particles."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Breaking the chains of religion is essential for intellectual progress."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Scientific understanding liberates us from superstition."
Dennett, Daniel
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"The future is not predetermined; it emerges from choices."
Dennett, Daniel
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"The concept of freedom is inseparable from the concept of responsibility."
Strawson, Peter Frederick
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"Persons possess irreducible freedom and agency."
Strawson, Peter Frederick
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"Freedom is constrained by the laws of nature and society; absolute freedom is an illusion."
Searle, John
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"Authenticity requires acknowledging both our freedom and our constraints."
Searle, John