This year, for the fifth volume of Anamnesis, we released our call for papers without a specific theme in mind. True to the vision of the journal’s founders, we sought to publish rigorous and accessible essays that made thoughtful arguments and raised relevant questions. It is our belief that we have done that to the very best of our abilities. Despite the absence of an explicit theme, this year’s essays ended up sharing some notable common elements. Each in their own way, these three essays and one poem all ponder issues of freedom, autonomy, and constraint. In the first essay, Colorado College student Ying Wang raises questions and fears about the existential significance of death, the ultimate and inevitable constraint on our lives as we know them. Yuezhen Li, attending the University of Chicago, then gives an analysis of Marx’s early critique of capitalism wherein Marx focuses on alienation and the deprivation of human freedom. In the third essay, Khalid “Kai” Davis of Macalester College makes a case for physician-assisted dying on the grounds that, in certain cases, the practice maximizes freedom and autonomy. This year, the journal ends with a poem written by Spencer Janney, also a student at Colorado College. His poem, “The Seed,” ponders the organic metaphor of Hegel’s dialectic, the unfolding of Spirit towards freedom. Given the unfamiliar moment that we are experiencing in the Spring of 2020, it is a real joy to still be able to publish Anamnesis this year. We extend our well-wishes to the Colorado College community and beyond. This volume includes "Confronting Death" by Ying Wang, "Can Early Marx Ground His Critique of Capitalism" by Yuezhen Li, "The Moral Right to Die" by Khalid "Kai" Davis, and "The Seed" by Spencer Janney.