Discretion and absolution
On why we fear our own free will
Discretion
/dɪsˈkrɛʃᵊn/ (n.)
Freedom. Choice. Happiness. Individuality. A snakeskin jacket. Optionality, unbound by considerations of what anyone else might think.
The stance one adopts by uttering the expression “I may” (or, if one is legally qualified, “I shall be entitled, a…
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