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<hr noshade color="#9999FF" width="85%" size="4" align="left"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.montanaheritageproject.org/index.php/MichaelUmphrey/freedom-and-responsibility/">freedom and responsibility</a> authors of their own lives</h2> by Michael L. Umphrey Ultimately, the debate about choice is not about markets but about character. Liberty and responsibility really do go together; it’s not just a platitude. The more freedom we have to control our lives, the more responsibility we have for how they turn out. In a world of constraints, learning to be happy with what you’re given is a virtue. In a world of choices, virtue comes from learning to make commitments without regrets. And commitment, in turn, requires self-confidence and self-knowledge. “We are free to be the authors of our lives,” says Schwartz, “but we don’t know exactly what kind of lives we want to ‘write.’” Maturity lies in deciding just that. <a href="http://www.reason.com/0506/cr.vp.consumer.shtml">http://www.reason.com/0506/cr.vp.consumer.shtml</a> Copyright 2005 Michael L. Umphrey