THE FREEDOM OF THOUGHT or NOT

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We will learn, debate, enjoy and investigate philosophers and diverse themes from the philosophical perspective. Each reunion is structured as a conversation among all attendees about that day s philosopher softly moderated by the organizer. The conversation will kick-off from the very brief suggested reading providing easy access to all attendees both to the philosopher and the conversation.

Let´s be greek and dive today on…

THE FREEDOM OF THOUGHT. the last territory of undefeatable human independence, there where he is and historically has been totally sovereign, totally free, totally unreachable, unjudgeable, in other words, whatever happens strictly inside a Human being´s mind is untouchable. In a prison or in a bed, in front of friends and foes, at every moment of our lives we can think, essentially, whatever we want, we can... and as long as those thoughts stayed as thoughts, they have been not only untouchable but also legitimate. You are allowed to imagine whatever yo want, seems to have been an unwritten principle, as long as you don´t act on it... But should this principle be revisited... does it have boundaries ?

If someone imagine us dead or has sexual fantasies about us, are we legitimated to oppose ? Do we have any right on our image on other people´s minds... or can they do with us in their heads whatever they want?
Are those the rules of the game... Do we have any kind of rights on another human being´s thoughts... at all?

Philosophically speaking, the ontological status of thoughts is still nowadays a hot topic. The last resort of total human independence should be outside any kind of ethic ? Or not?
The empirical freedom of thoughts is also a total independence from any kind of moral compass...? Do fantasies belong strictly to the fantasizer and are totally foreign from the fantasized ?
Are thoughts, therefore, beyond good and evil... ?

Let s think about thoughts... and their undefeatable independence...