What is Choice of Action

A central theme of the book, specifically humans have the psychological freedom to select their own thoughts and behaviors no matter what variables define a situation. Frankl uses the experiences in the concentration camps to illustrate humans have a choice of action, and are much more than stimulus-response animals. Frankl emphasizes that there were enough heroic examples to indicate that even in conditions of terrible psychic and physical stress humans control the independence of their mind, and are capable of overcoming whatever negativity is thrust on them.