Law in Contemporary Society

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Institutional Creeds, Cons, and Making Choices for Life

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People’s choices are limited

People may generally think that they enjoy absolute freedom in making choices. Certain choices, however, are constrained by boundaries posed by law, morality, or other social values. For instance, some of us may believe that it is we who choose which colleges to attend, which courses to take, what should be our majors, whom we marry, and what careers to which we will dedicate our lifetimes. However, limitations in our social environment bias us toward certain choices even though we are well aware of the existence of other options. And even when this bias is not in effect to counteract an endogenous “free will” that negotiates with, instead of submitting to, external environmental factors, some of us—because of things like class status, familial dysfunction, and early life deprivation—cannot pursue certain choices even though we may want to.

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