[Look how the word \u2018free\u2019 has turned on the wheel of a changing symbolic order.<\/p>\n
What happened to the \u2018free eros<\/em>\u2019 acclaimed in the 1960s?<\/p>\n The word \u2018free\u2019 no longer implies \u2018independence, responsibility, personhood, and grace\u2019. It suggests \u2018without cost to the user\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018Free eros<\/em>\u2019 became sex without commitment<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u2018Free agape<\/em>\u2019 fared no different. \u2018Free healthcare\u2019 exemplifies \u2018free agape<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n The original meaning underlying the word \u2018freedom\u2019<\/em> gave the slogans \u2018free love\u2019 (eros<\/em>) and \u2018free healthcare\u2019 (agape<\/em>) a real (though diminishing) association to independence, responsibility, personhood and grace.<\/p>\n Now, 50 years later, Schoonenberg\u2019s assertions ring true.<\/p>\n \u2018Free love\u2019 sounds like \u2018the procreative acts of animals, without the procreation, of course.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Free healthcare\u2019 sounds like \u2018standing in line to redeem a government coupon\u2019.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [Look how the word \u2018free\u2019 has turned on the wheel of a changing symbolic order. What happened to the \u2018free eros\u2019 acclaimed in the 1960s? The word \u2018free\u2019 no longer implies \u2018independence, responsibility, personhood, and grace\u2019. It suggests \u2018without cost to the user\u2019. \u2018Free eros\u2019 became sex without commitment. \u2018Free agape\u2019 fared no different. \u2018Free […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8,6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defining-religion","category-our-current-lebenswelt-is-not-the-lebenswelt-that-we-evolved-in","category-the-science-of-original-sin","category-unveiling-words"],"yoast_head":"\n