1. PHILOSOPHY 100 (Ted Stolze) Notes on David Cunning, Everyday Examples, chapters 7

2. Two Components to Freedom Margaret Cavendish and Simone de Beauvoir emphasized two components of freedom: 1.Control over our thoughts and decisions. 2.To be linked with the external world in such a way that our thoughts and decisions are effective. Margaret Cavendish and Simone de Beauvoir emphasized two components of freedom: 1.Control over our thoughts and decisions. 2.To be linked with the external world in such a way that our thoughts and decisions are effective.

3. Two Obstacles to Freedom 1.Lack of self-control. 2.Corrosion of linkage between our thoughts and decisions and the external world. Examples of such corrosion: racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia 1.Lack of self-control. 2.Corrosion of linkage between our thoughts and decisions and the external world. Examples of such corrosion: racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia

4. An Example Jean Kilbourne on advertising and images of gender (http://youtu.be/Uy8yLaoWybk)http://youtu.be/Uy8yLaoWybk Jean Kilbourne on advertising and images of gender (http://youtu.be/Uy8yLaoWybk)http://youtu.be/Uy8yLaoWybk

5. Objections to the “Corrosion” Theory An individual can always move to a less corrosive environment. An individual has a lot of control over whether or not she or he adapts to an environment. An individual has the ability to change the amount of corrosion in the interface between their decisions and the world. Example: Sartre on facticity, transcendence, and the experience of anxiety An individual can always move to a less corrosive environment. An individual has a lot of control over whether or not she or he adapts to an environment. An individual has the ability to change the amount of corrosion in the interface between their decisions and the world. Example: Sartre on facticity, transcendence, and the experience of anxiety

6. Objections to Sartre Freedom appears to be arbitrary Just because there are many occasions in which we are not choosing, that does not mean that we are choosing not to choose Sartre exaggerates the degree of freedom each of us has Freedom appears to arise from from nothingness