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What if you avoid even choosing right or wrong, you simply drift without any decision of right or wrong?

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No. That is irresponsibility.
Philosophy Discussion on Jean-Paul Sartre:

Śyāmasundara: Yes. But his idea is that because we are free, we tend to avoid responsibility.

Prabhupāda: That is freedom, that you can make your choice between right and wrong. That is freedom. Freedom does not mean you are dull.

Śyāmasundara: But what if you avoid even choosing right or wrong, you simply drift without any decision of right or wrong?

Prabhupāda: No. That is irresponsibility.

Śyāmasundara: That's what he is saying, that because we are free, we are susceptible.

Prabhupāda: We are free means you have to make your choice between right and wrong. That is freedom.

Śyāmasundara: Yes. But his idea is that because we are free, sometimes we neglect to even choose between right and wrong.

Prabhupāda: That is wrong decision. Then you should suffer. That is responsibility. Why you have done wrong?

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Page Title:What if you avoid even choosing right or wrong, you simply drift without any decision of right or wrong?
Compiler:Alakananda, Rishab
Created:08 of Apr, 2011
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