(NN) Freedom

Freedom: The condition of being free of restraints (dictionary.com)...This is the basic definition you will find in a dictionary for the word freedom. Yesterday in class we got into a discussion of what exactly do we mean when we say "freedom."

Is absolutle freedom having no constraints either social or Worldly? Or rather, is it simply to be left alone? Even when one tries to look the definition up in a dictionary you get a vague answer. Is freedom another one of the aspects of human life that is determined by the person, like thruth or happiness, or is there a all encompassing answer.

Do people in the United States have "freedom" or do we just have less constraints then others? Someone gave the point that even humans did reach a point of all encompassing freedom eventually we would go back to self imposed restraints because it is human nature to have rules and a "social contract". So, steering towards the discussion of human nature, assuming the idea that it is human nature to need rules then is it against human nature to have all encompassing "freedom"?