>Dr. Loury I'm interested in the following questions, which I think are really uncomfortable: what is the appropriate relationship between freedom and responsibility?<
I think the appropriate relationship between them is that the more freedom you have, the more responsibility you have as well. People who behave in irresponsible ways should lose corresponding amounts of freedom, and vice versa. Our society at the moment has nosedived off the deep end on freedom while completely dismissing responsibility, with some ugly and obvious consequences.
>Dr. Loury I'm interested in the following questions, which I think are really uncomfortable: what is the appropriate relationship between freedom and responsibility?<
I think the appropriate relationship between them is that the more freedom you have, the more responsibility you have as well. People who behave in irresponsible ways should lose corresponding amounts of freedom, and vice versa. Our society at the moment has nosedived off the deep end on freedom while completely dismissing responsibility, with some ugly and obvious consequences.