Free choice

One of the most confusing questions to think about is do people really have free choice? According to the discussion raised in class it seems that people have very limited choice when it comes to this idea of freedom. After the discussion on Thursday I find that choice is more based on the situation. For example, if someone asks someone to pick between different ideas they present then in a sense this is forced choice. To person picking between these ideas has what I like to call limited choice. They can only choose between what the other person presents to them, so, in a sense, they are being forced to choose what they want. But with if the person likes the majority or all the choices presented. Some people would find this to be free choice because they are choosing what they want, but in the same sense they are still being limited on what they choose so I find all of this to be forced choice. The only way someone has free choice is if they actually pick out what they want. No outside interference can influence their decision, or then it directly becomes forced choice. So going back to my last post, The System of Freedom, I find all the workers in the third world countries to be in the situation of forced choice. Yes they have the free choice of whether or not to work, but life controls their choice because if they choose not to work then they will starve and not be able to support their families. But the idea of free choice almost seems very vague because it seems that most of the choices we make in life are influenced by something in life, whether it is money, status, convenience, or even happiness.