Human Freedom

In Charon's reading about human freedom, he explains the difference on how we think we have freedom but in actuality our freedom is very limited. Even though this is supposed to be the land of the free we have limitations to being free in this country. My definitions of freedom would be being able to do anything you want and thats not the case. Our government controls our freedom by setting laws we must abide by and if we break these laws there are consequences that follow behind them. He also spooke about how religion sets morals and values for us. There are many different religions but every religions sets different morals and values to follow. Charon states, " Freedom is highly limited. Thrust of sociology is to show us that what we think and do is simply something we determine, controls or choose. What we believe is created by our social life, what we do is influenced by our beliefs and by further social causes." I agree with Charon statement. Our freedom is definitely limited. We can voice our opinion about different things but it doesnt mean something going to be done about it neccessarily. Society has a big impact on our freedom and how we choose to live our lifes. But in a way is a good thing because if not this world would be chaos.