Even if we do not always notice it, our everyday life is full of abstract ideas and concepts. “Freedom,” “law,” and “state” are abstractions that quietly influence our daily lives. How does thinking more deeply about these concepts help us understand the human world and our place in it?

In the podcast “Beyond Economics and Back,” Augminas Petronis talks with Dr. Laurynas Peluritis, a lecturer at the Faculties of Philosophy and History at Vilnius University. They discuss what the word “freedom” means, why our understanding of it changes over time, and how we understand it today.