### freedom:

Absolute freedom
* contradiction of terms.
* implies absolute, universal, mutual trust.

### freedom:

Academic freedom
* applies to activities of faculty members in their writings, lecturing and teaching
  - all scholarly pursuits
  - both teaching and research
* fundamental right in any institution of higher learning.
* guarantees scholarly diversity and rejects intellectual hegemony.
* includes the right to study, discuss, investigate, teach and publish.
* is an axiom of academic life
  - essential element of collegial governance
  - as important as any other freedom
  - based on job protection
  - central to what college professors are supposed to be
  - defended within an environment of civility, tolerance, and mutual respect
  - essential to Catholic universities
  - observed in schools and research institutions
  - one of the universally cherished concepts in American higher education
  - risk and danger
* is the concept which helps universities become honest brokers of knowledge
  - foundation for the transmission and advancement of knowledge
  - life blood of scientific inquiry
  - right of scholars to study, discuss, investigate, teach and publish
  - sine qua non of the life of the mind
  - unqualified right of every member of the faculty and all students
  - viewed as integral to the free flow of ideas
* means the freedom to pursue, write, and teach the truth as one sees it.
* means, in part, unhindered discussion and publication of results of research.
* protects the rights of faculty members in teaching and of students in learning.
* requires an environment in which no person is exploited or coerced.
* right of students and professors.

Democratic freedom
* is per definition a Liberal virtue.
* method of nonviolence and engine of wealth and prosperity.

### freedom:

Economic freedom
* allows personal incentive and pushes the economic engine of development.
* creates habits of liberty, and habits of liberty create expectations of democracy
* denotes the ability to choose where one earns, spends, borrows and invests money.
* have a tendency to promote political liberty and human rights.
* is also an indispensable means toward the achievement of political freedom
  - of secondary importance among freedoms
  - strongly related to other measures of progress as well
* is the first guarantee of basic democracy
  - foundation of political freedom
* leads to greater prosperity.

External freedom
* is only an aspect of interior freedom.
* speaks of independence, being free of external bonds and limitations.

Financial freedom
* dream that can come true.
* is more than just good standing credit, It is the ability to prosper
  - something that every man woman and child deserve

Human freedom
* demands that people speak their truths and make up their own minds.
* differs from the relatively unvarying actions of non-human animals.
* has life as a necessary condition.
* is always and only, threatened by other humans who are prepared to use force
  - the ultimate competitive resource in the age of information

### freedom:

Individual freedom
* belongs to the people.
* includes the freedom of self governance.
* is actually the only measurement of real freedom
  - restricted by divine intention
* is the basic tenet essential to maintaining a healthy, dynamic economy
  - cost of such policies
  - flip-side of equality
  - highest possible objective to be achieved by any political action
  - vital to the development of human dignity
* lies at the core of both religious and academic life.
* means that any person has the opportunity to make major contributions to society.
* precious moral right, but freedom without responsibility has no moral basis.
* presupposes individual responsibility.
* rests with the sovereign power of individuals to make independent choices.
* result of a free country.