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发表于 2004-12-22 06:29:48
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The absence of choice is a circumstance that is very, very rare.
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Is the absence of choice really a circumstance that is very, very rare? Though I concede that everyone has the right to make his/her own choice, I still insist that the absence of choice is not very rare, and sometimes in great popularity.
Admittedly, ever since we come to the world, choices are linked with us. For example, in the individual level, ever since kindergarten, we chose to select our friends to play; as adolescents we chose our social niche and appeal to peers we prefer. We also choose the school which we can get the best education and career training. After graduation, we can choose to continue to be post-graduates or to be employees. Also in the economic level and in the political level the choice also does its way day by day.
Nevertheless, after reflection of all those circumstances of so-called free choices, one can uncover something behind the image of those appealing atmospheres. That is, all those free choices suffice two conditions at the same time: first, these choices can be reached under the control of the people impose them. Second, these choices cannot do harm to the other individuals, community or society, or the conductor will get more harm than favor form the choice.
In the first place, the reason of the absence of choice has to do with capability. Take the college-entry procedure as an example. Though the student can make his/her own choice of which university or which particular career he/she will go on, they choose under the limitation of the scores and personal healthy so as they cannot choose freely. For instance, there is a hot realm, say, computer science, that many students aim at, in this case, the university has to say no to those getting relatively lower scores and let alone to let them select, the same thing also with the selection of university.
In the second place, the absence of choice is also due to all kinds of limitation, such as laws, regulation, rules and so on. For example, the criminals are put in the prison and cannot freely go wherever they want to go, even some of them are deprived of the fundamental choice--to live. Drivers who obviate the traffic regulation will be fined or punished as to the extend he/she committed. The choices are all under the manipulation of all these laws, regulations and rules, the one who aberrant the critical line will lose the choice to choose again.
Furthermore, in the sociology level, I mean, all men/women are born in society. There is no person living in the concept but in the society. As one part of society, he/she is under the control or the rule of the govern class. Too arbitrary choices to one person mean less choices to the other. In a centralized country one still can make ones own choose but in a more narrowed territory, as in a democratic country the freedom to choose seems improved greatly but also under the control of laws, regulations or rules. In fact, obviate those laws, regulations or rules will definitely be detrimental to the other people, the community or even the society as a whole.
In sum, with the reasons discussed above, I strongly disagree that the absence of choice is a circumstance that is very, very rare. The free choice must be based on the premise that it can be reached by the ability of the people and it cannot influence the choices of the others. |
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