I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
Robert A Heinlein.
The thing is that there are certain rules we all must abide by for society to work, and believe me you want society to work. Then there are rules and laws that are arbitrary and authoritarian, and these must be completely disregarded for a person to be free.
I know that there are certain rules that we all have to abide by, but sometimes some of the most heartwarming memories we have were made when we weren't exactly following the rules. Reading between the lines is good as long as no one is hurt.
Also I agree with your statement. I just wanted to add my thoughts
I wish you'd used ethically instead of morally as ethics promote the species but morals are imposed by men in silly hats
I don't have a particular problem with your quote, but it seems to me that it makes everything morally subjective. What I find tolerable, others may not, what I find obnoxious, others many not.My moral responsibility may be different from others, et cetera.
What is moral and what is not is the same as knowing right from wrong. We can all agree on most things at the personal level.
I feel more like a free spirit than I ever have before in my life .I beat cancer.