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Show •36 "Did being able to tie your shoe latchets bring you greater freedom?" his father looked deep in his eyes. Benny nodded, still not making the connection. "Then 'ow do you judge that knowledge passed onto you by Joseph? Good or evil?" "Good." Benny was sure his answer was right, only he still wasn't sure why. "You can know whether an act is good or evil by its effect on man's freedom." Lathrop drew the final conclusion for him. "You make it sound simple, father." Barbara was not convinced . "It is. There's nothing so complex that it escapes judgment, Barbara. Whether we're acting or being acted upon, each act is affecting our freedom or someone else's. All you 'ave to discover is whose freedom is being affected and 'ow it's being affected and you'll know the nature of the act--whether it's good or evil." "All you need to remember, Benny, is that whatever takes away freedom is evil and whatever increases freedom is good," said Thomas. "Then Barbara was right. It's evil to choose to stay in prison because that's choosing to lose your freedom!" Benny was trying hard to apply the words. "I am not choosing to go to prison Benny, I am choosing not to say the Oath of Supremacy. There's a |
