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Being Able to Do Whatever You Want Doesn't Make You Free: Freedom According to Kant
Almost all of us have found ourselves at one in the morning, scrolling aimlessly through our phones. No one is forcing us. In theory, you can stop whenever you want—or can you? If someone asked you, right then, whether you were scrolling freely, you'd say yes. After all, you're doing exactly what you want. And yet that dazed, almost anaesthetised state often leaves us with an uneasy feeling, as if we weren't truly free in that moment. We're doing precisely what we desire, but
Laurentzi de Sasia
Mar 278 min read
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