SALVATORE NATOLI 13 November 2010 | LavorInCorso - Life's dilemmas
Freedom can be understood in two ways: as self-determination, i.e. choice; as autonomy, i.e. independence from the will of others. Obviously in us there is a transitivity between the one and the other, but there is a difference in the relationship. Because self-determination has a relationship with respect to the outside, what we choose and what normally seems good to us. The choice is always for the good. So the choice with respect to the outside. But there is never any substantial clarity with respect to the internal motives that drive us to that choice. Do we really know why we choose one thing rather than another? Or is there always something that moves us and remains unknown to us? Do we have no predetermination when we choose? Are we in a neutral, pure, innocent position? But if we are determined, on what basis can we say that we choose?
