So, now that I've laid down some definitions (or at least pretended to) for freedom and responsibility, let's get this train wreck rolling.
Actually, the funny thing is that, reading back on it, most of my work is done already. If freedom is a state of not being determined or controlled from an outside source, and responsibility is acceptance of the consequences of one's actions, whatever they may be, then the connection between the two seems pretty clear. The greater the options, the greater the range of consequences.
Originally, I was going to systematically work through the consequence connection (ooh, I like that... I think I'll use it!) by considering examples, but now I'm having second thoughts. All the examples I was thinking about using started to blur together. Eventually, I'd just end up repeating myself, so I'm changing direction a bit.
Next post is the last one in this series, then I'm moving on to something else.
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