> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>> Freedom is the ability to act without considering the future results of
>> the action.
>
> Therefore non-human animals are most free. And if we extend the
> meaning of "action" to include all types of motion, then inanimate
> matter is absolutely free in the Carrolian sense.
>
> In fact, human freedom is based precisely on our consciousness of
> necessity -- of cause and effect…
I wouldn't recommend the Carrolian principle in relation to political action. :)