Freedom and Morality

Freedom and Morality

1985 8 August 15 Freedom and Morality (237) One of the world’s first surrogate mothers has told of the anguish she and her family have suffered and warned other women against “renting their wombs.”

Elizabeth Kane, from Chicago, said her husband was so horrified that he became physically ill after she gave birth to a baby boy through artificial insemination for $5,600.

“I cannot recommend to my friends ever to become surrogate mothers.” She said in an interview.

This is an example which shows how a life free from all restrictions can become a source of deep anxiety. A proper attitude for man, therefore, would be one which takes into account all the aspects – psychological, biological, sociological, familial and the like – and his behaviour should be in accordance with this.

The limitations and restrictions imposed by the divine law exist, in actual fact, to cover such aspects of life. The solution to our problems lies in submission to the divine path ordained by God. In attempting to set ourselves free of them, we lose our moral balance. This culminates in problems which have no solutions. The emergence of such anomalies in a society, which can amount to evils, has been described in the Quran in these words:

Do not make mischief in the earth after it has been purged (7: 56).

Do not corrupt the land after it has been purged of evil. That is best for you, if you are true believers (7: 85).