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[The thought experiment where ‘I choose something’ is visualized as an intersection in a previous blog.

I can draw parallels to the intersection that comprises the message underlying the word ‘religion’.]

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[Now, allow me to consider the intersection.

Is the intersection more convenient for exploring Schoonenberg’s comments on freedom?

I think so.

If these two nested forms intersected, two permutations are possible.

This is the one I select:

The content level becomes the horizontal (not vertical) axis.

The situation becomes the vertical axis.]

[Look at the interscoping nested form.

Where does the collective enter into the picture?

It does through the thought experiment_3a.]

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[Consider the idea of stealing apples.

How about voting for a sovereign who promises take apples from others and giving them to me?

What if I vote to take wealth from others but not myself.

How is that different from theft?

Here is a choice (a vote, expressing a value) that virtually situates something (a promise, expressing a desire to get something for nothing).]

[Of course, canning applesauce is not sinful, but you, dear reader, may conjure more lurid examples.]

[The second step involves a decision:

I am going to can apple sauce_2b. Or I am not.

In order to do so, I must consider the potential of something concerning making a choice_1b. This corresponds to value_1b.

For example, do I have the ambition to do the task? How important is the task to me_1b? How do I value this opportunity_1b?]