What is this moral freedom business? Part 3 – How freedom and identification fail
What is this moral freedom business?
Part 3 – How freedom and identification fail
The two models - agency through freedom and agency through identification - are culturally determined. A child must be acculturated to use freedom in decision-making or defer to an exemplar. No society adopt one or the other completely, but the social tendencies run deep, particularly in China and in the US. Think of “freedom” in the US, and perhaps “harmony” in China. Those words might well describe the political and social culture of each country.