G10 Values: True Freedom

True Freedom Values

• Subject: G10-VAL-LP11 to LP12-True Freedom
• Revision: Updated May 1, 2021
• Associated with Richmindale College LLC, USA

Learning Outcome

• Students will demonstrate understanding that true freedom involves responding to the call of love and service.
• Students will showcase this knowledge by exhibiting appropriate actions aligning with true freedom.

What is True Freedom?

• Inner freedom comes from understanding inner power, practicing self-love, and choosing choices that resonate with one's inner being.
• It involves accepting complete personal responsibility for the outcomes of decisions.

2 Fundamental Choice Options

• Love: Devoting one's life or self to life with others and God.
• Selfishness: Living only for oneself.

Positive and Negative Behaviors

• Positive behaviors necessary for true freedom include love, service, etc.
• Negative behaviors to be avoided include greed, savagery, and oppression, because they hinder love and service to others.
• Responsible action for the result of an action is connected to love and service in the response to freedom.
• True love and service are voluntary and cannot be forced.

Categories of Freedom

• Freedom of: The freedom to engage in chosen behaviors without restraint, making decisions independently.
• Freedom from: The right to be free of intrusion, dominance, and ensures emotional safety. It is foundational to a society where inhabitants can live without oppression and prosper.

Freedoms of: Speech, Thought, Assembly

• Freedom of Speech: The freedom to express opinions without fear of censorship, retaliation, or legal consequences. It does not extend to violence or endangering others.
• Freedom of Thought: The right to think and hold views freely without external coercion or pressure.
• Freedom of Assembly: The right to gather and collectively express interests, advocating for shared goals through peaceful demonstrations. This is crucial for democracy.

Freedoms of: The Press, Movement

• Freedom of Speech (press): Absence of intervention from authorities or regulations assures media freedom to gather and spread news and ideas crucial for democracy.
• Freedom of Movement: Right to move freely within or outside a country, including migration rights, subject to rights of others and legal restrictions (such as those imposed during a pandemic).

Freedoms of: Choice, Association, Expression, Petition, Identity, Privacy, Contract, Action, Dissent, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Interference, Oppression, Exploitation

• Choice: Individual right to make life decisions without external pressure.
• Association: Freedom to form groups and associations for personal reasons.
• Expression: Freedom to express ideas, thoughts, emotions, vital for open discussions, debates, and a marketplace of ideas for societal growth.
• Petition: Right to contact authorities, essential for public engagement in local and national political activities.
• Identity: Right to establish and express self-identification without fear of discrimination.
• Privacy: Right to keep personal life and information unavailable to others, encompassing data security, surveillance protection, and confidentiality.
• Contract: Freedom to enter agreements with others within legal limits.
• Action: Freedom to act as long as it does not violate the rights of others.
• Dissent: Freedom to disagree with or refuse to comply with official policies or prevailing beliefs, important for change.
• Violence: Freedom from violence to protects personal security, from threats and state aggression.
• Torture: Freedom from cruel and humiliating treatment, regardless of circumstances. Torture can never be justified.
• Slavery: Freedom from human trafficking, forced labor, and child labor, rejecting subjugation.
• Interference: Freedom from encroachment by authorities, protecting private life, family, and home.
• Oppression: Freedom from unjust or cruel exercise of power.
• Exploitation: Freedom from unfair treatment, guarantees fair protection from harmful situations.

Types of Freedom: Intellectual, Artistic, Educational, Informational, Personal, Medical, Emotional, Digital, Scientific, Conscience, Environmental, Academic

• Intellectual: Right to access, investigate, and express ideas freely. Supports knowledge, innovation, and growth.
• Artistic: Freedom for artists to express themselves without fear of punishment.
• Educational: Freedom for individuals to choose their learning path.
• Informational: Unrestricted ability to seek, receive, and disseminate information while balancing it with privacy and national security
• Personal: Overall right to life without undue constraints, respecting others.
• Medical: Right to choose treatments and make decisions about one’s health.
• Emotional: Right to express feelings with no fear, supporting mental health for society harmony.
• Digital: Right to use the internet, digital resources, and online interactions without unreasonable restrictions.
• Scientific: Freedom to investigate, experiment, and publish results within a discipline, contributing to the international community.
• Conscience: Right to express moral judgments and behave according to deepest principles.
• Environmental: Right to live in a safe, healthy, sustainable environment.
• Academic: Freedom for educators and researchers to teach, investigate, and publish without interference. Critical for academic success.