&quote;Choose a Gentle, Winding Path&quote;

Each of us is an individual, a person possessed of autonomy and, using Immanuel Kant’s Enlightenment definitions, deserving of Freedom and Dignity. Each of us is also a part of the whole – actually many wholes: family, community, society, and the planet Earth. As such, we have both rights and obligations. This essay offers my reflections on those rights and obligations.