Freedom Is Not More Essential Than Safety

It isn’t any less so either.

aerial view of a woman meditating in the midst of a massive battle-royale, digital art — by DALL·E

It is easy to embrace freedom when everybody else behaves as you would like. The challenge comes when others use it to contradict some of our convictions. Then we begin to question whether we should set limits on other people’s liberties. We will tell ourselves that the decision isn’t about being free to speak but preventing the effects of what…