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Freedom

August 18, 2019 by admin

“Freedom is born of self-discipline. No individual, no nation, can achieve liberty without self-control”

– Alan Valentine

Definition:

  • The absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in action (MW)
  • A right to act in the way you should (CAM)
  • The ability to act in the way you ought

Vices:

  • Deficiency: dependence, the inability to act rightly as constrained by persons or passions

 

Example:

Having the self-control to not eat junk food, therefore making you more free to eat healthy food
Related Virtues: Fortitude, temperance, Discipline, Responsibility, Self-control

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