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Mar 2017
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The Limits of Freedom | Claire Fox, Juli...

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Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes Freedom is a goal we all endorse. Yes as neuroscience shows and history suggests, we are less content when we have more choice. Is too much freedom paradoxically debilitating? Do we need constraints to thrive, and might our chains be key to our freedom? Or is this a dangerou ... Show More
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